Assessment of Sex Differences in the Initial Symptom Burden, Applied Treatment Strategy, and Quality of Life in Japanese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Ikemura, Nobuhiro; Kohsaka, Shun; Kimura, Takehiro; Ueda, Ikuko; Katsumata, Yoshinori; Nishiyama, Takahiko; Aizawa, Yoshiyasu; Tanimoto, Kojiro; Momiyama, Yukihiko; Akaishi, Makoto; Mitamura, Hideo; Fukuda, Keiichi; A. Spertus, John; Takatsuki, Seiji

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1145

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Assessment of Sex Differences in the Initial Symptom Burden, Applied Treatment Strategy, and Quality of Life in Japanese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Published in JAMA Network Open • Mar 29, 2019

Authors:

Nobuhiro Ikemura

Shun Kohsaka

Takehiro Kimura

Abstract

Importance: The clinical characteristics and outcomes of women and men with atrial fibrillation (AF) are reported to be different. However, whether sex-related differences extend to patients' symptom burden and perceived quality of life (QOL) or the management pattern of AF has been rarely studied, ...

Subject

Interquartile range

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

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