Polypharmacy and major adverse events in atrial fibrillation: observations from the AFFIRM trial.

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Published in Clin Res Cardiol on November 02, 2015

Authors

Marco Proietti1, Valeria Raparelli2, Brian Olshansky3, Gregory Y H Lip4,5

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. marco.proietti@uniroma1.it.
2: I Clinica Medica, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
3: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.
4: Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. g.y.h.lip@bham.ac.uk.
5: Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. g.y.h.lip@bham.ac.uk.

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