Emergency department visit for atrial fibrillation: sex differences in treatment and outcomes in the Global RE-LY AF Registry

Linda S Johnson^{1

2}, Yuxuan Jiang^{1

3}, Judy Luu⁴, Isabelle C Van Gelder⁵, Clare Atzema⁶, David Conen^{1

7}, Marielle Kloosterman⁵, Luciana Armaganijan⁸, Stuart J Connolly¹, Michael D Ezekowitz⁹, Lars Wallentin¹⁰, Isabelle Johansson¹, William F McIntyre¹, Jonas Oldgren¹⁰, Jeffrey S Healey^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, 20502 Malmö, Sweden.
³ Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 90 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada.
⁸ Division of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ Sidney Kimmel Medical School and Bryn Mawr and Lankenau Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden.

Linda S Johnson et al. Eur Heart J. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 9;45(26):2336-2340.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae319.

¹ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, 20502 Malmö, Sweden.
³ Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 90 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada.
⁸ Division of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ Sidney Kimmel Medical School and Bryn Mawr and Lankenau Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Emergency department; Females; Population; Sex differences; Stroke/TIA.

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