Effect of race on outcomes (stroke and death) in patients >65 years with atrial fibrillation.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on April 16, 2015

Authors

Rajesh Kabra1, Peter Cram2, Saket Girotra3, Mary Vaughan Sarrazin4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
2: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
4: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa. Electronic address: mary-vaughan-sarrazin@uiowa.edu.

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