Cardiac biomarkers are associated with an increased risk of stroke and death in patients with atrial fibrillation: a Randomized Evaluation of Long-term Anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) substudy.

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Published in Circulation on February 28, 2012

Authors

Ziad Hijazi1, Jonas Oldgren, Ulrika Andersson, Stuart J Connolly, Michael D Ezekowitz, Stefan H Hohnloser, Paul A Reilly, Dragos Vinereanu, Agneta Siegbahn, Salim Yusuf, Lars Wallentin

Author Affiliations

1: Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, Uppsala, Sweden. Ziad.hijazi@ucr.uu.se

Associated clinical trials:

Randomized Evaluation of Long Term Anticoagulant Therapy (RE-LY) With Dabigatran Etexilate | NCT00262600

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