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Causal relationship between atrial fibrillation and stroke risk: a Mendelian randomization.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Dec 2023
He Chenming, Wu Xinxin, Lin Ling, Liu Changya, Li Min, Jiang Chao, Xu Zhongju, Fang Bangjiang
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and the risk of Stroke using a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. METHODS: A two-sample MR analysis was conducted using publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics data. In this analysis, genetic variants associated with AF were used as instrumental variables to estimate the...
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