Risk of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Stroke in Siblings: A Nationwide Study

John Berntsson,Xinjun Li,Bengt Zöller,Andreas Martinsson,Pontus Andell,Steven A. Lubitz,Gunnar Engström,Kristina Sundquist,J. Gustav Smith

Risk of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Stroke in Siblings: A Nationwide Study

2020

John Berntsson
Xinjun Li
Bengt Zöller
Andreas Martinsson
Pontus Andell
Steven A. Lubitz
Gunnar Engström
Kristina Sundquist
J. Gustav Smith

Background It remains unclear whether heritable factors can contribute to risk stratification for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We examined whether having a sibling wit...

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Internal medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Sibling
Family history
Cardiology
Medicine
Stroke
Atrial fibrillation
Cause of death
Hazard ratio
Population study

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