Temporal Trends in the Association Between Female Sex and Ischemic Stroke Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Between 2000 and 2019, the risk of ischemic stroke increased among nonanticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation. While the association between female sex and ischemic stroke decreased over time, female sex remained associated with a higher stroke risk in 2015 to 2019 after adjustment.
Authors
- Tommaso Bucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2895-6234)
- Peter Calvert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-4033)
- Gregory Y.H. Lip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-1626)
- Mark T Mills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5425-7739)
- Dhiraj Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3490-090X)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust (GB)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.040325
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00