Unequal prescription of anticoagulants among females and males with atrial fibrillation and similar stroke risk: Should we omit sex category from the CHA2DS2-VASc score?

Jaap Seelig; Gordon Chu; Emmy M Trinks-Roerdink; Ron Pisters; Tim A C de Vries; Hugo Ten Cate; Geert-Jan Geersing; Frans H Rutten; Menno V Huisman; Martin E W Hemels

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.014

Unequal prescription of anticoagulants among females and males with atrial fibrillation and similar stroke risk: Should we omit sex category from the CHA2DS2-VASc score?

Jaap Seelig^*
, Gordon Chu
, Emmy M Trinks-Roerdink
, Ron Pisters
, Tim A C de Vries
, Hugo Ten Cate
, Geert-Jan Geersing
, Frans H Rutten
, Menno V Huisman
, Martin E W Hemels

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	860-861
Number of pages	2
Journal	Heart Rhythm
Volume	19
Issue number	5
Early online date	13 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.014
Publication status	Published - May 2022

Keywords

Anticoagulants
Atrial fibrillation
Guideline adherence
Registries
Sex

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Seelig, J., Chu, G., Trinks-Roerdink, E. M., Pisters, R., de Vries, T. A. C., Ten Cate, H., Geersing, G.-J., Rutten, F. H., Huisman, M. V., & Hemels, M. E. W. (2022). Unequal prescription of anticoagulants among females and males with atrial fibrillation and similar stroke risk: Should we omit sex category from the CHA2DS2-VASc score? Heart Rhythm, 19(5), 860-861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.014

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Seelig, J, Chu, G, Trinks-Roerdink, EM, Pisters, R, de Vries, TAC, Ten Cate, H, Geersing, G-J, Rutten, FH, Huisman, MV & Hemels, MEW 2022, 'Unequal prescription of anticoagulants among females and males with atrial fibrillation and similar stroke risk: Should we omit sex category from the CHA2DS2-VASc score?', Heart Rhythm, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 860-861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.014

Unequal prescription of anticoagulants among females and males with atrial fibrillation and similar stroke risk: Should we omit sex category from the CHA2DS2-VASc score? / Seelig, Jaap; Chu, Gordon; Trinks-Roerdink, Emmy M et al.
In: Heart Rhythm, Vol. 19, No. 5, 05.2022, p. 860-861.

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