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Familial History of Stroke Is Associated With Acute Coronary Syndromes in Women
1 Feb 2011
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Stroke in female first-degree relatives (FDRs) is a powerful risk factor for ischemic stroke in women, but its association with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is unknown. Family history (FH) of stroke is omitted from existing myocardial infarction risk prediction tools, which perform less well in women than in men. Our objective was to study the sex-of-parent and sex-of-proband interactions for FH of...
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