Effect of age on stroke prevention therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: the atrial fibrillation investigators.

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Published in Stroke on January 29, 2009

Authors

Carl van Walraven1, Robert G Hart, Stuart Connolly, Peter C Austin, Jonathan Mant, F D Richard Hobbs, Peter J Koudstaal, Palle Petersen, Francisco Perez-Gomez, J Andre Knottnerus, Beppie Boode, Michael D Ezekowitz, Daniel E Singer

Author Affiliations

1: University of Ottawa and Ottawa Health Research Institute Canada, Ottawa, Canada. carlv@ohri.ca

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