Familial history of stroke is associated with acute coronary syndromes in women.
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 le...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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