Sex differences in clinical characteristics and inpatient outcomes among 2442 hospitalized Chinese patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: The Nanchang Atrial Fibrillation Project
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Suboptimal oral anticoagulant treatment among Chinese non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: the Nanchang Atrial Fibrillation Project
Corresponding authors: Prof. Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences City Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Kui Hong Cardiovascular Department the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang, China Phone: +44 121 507 5080 Fax: +44 121 554 4083 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Cardiovascular Department, the Secon...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0167-5273
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.076