The effect of aspirin on the risk of stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation: The BAATAF Study.

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Published in Am Heart J on December 01, 1992

Authors

D E Singer1, R A Hughes, D R Gress, M A Sheehan, L B Oertel, S W Maraventano, D R Blewett, B Rosner, J P Kistler

Author Affiliations

1: General Internal Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

Associated clinical trials:

Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial for Atrial Fibrillation (BAATAF) | NCT00000517

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