Racial and Urban-Rural Difference in the Frequency of Ischemic Stroke as Initial Manifestation of Atrial Fibrillation

• Main Authors: Jingchuan Guo (Author), Nico Gabriel (Author), Jared W. Magnani (Author), Utibe R. Essien (Author), Walid F. Gellad (Author), Maria M. Brooks (Author), Ludovic Trinquart (Author), Emelia J. Benjamin (Author), Inmaculada Hernandez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) may remain undiagnosed until the development of complications. We aimed to examine the epidemiology and racial/ethnic and rural/urban differences in the frequency of newly diagnosed AF manifesting as ischemic stroke in a nationally representative sample of Medicar...