Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF by Karen Pieper, Xian-hong Fang, Kai Sun, Ajay K Kakkar, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Gloria Kayani, Zhi-Cheng Jing, John Camm, Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Xian-Mei Li

“…The association of geographical region with clinical outcomes (event rates per 100 person-years) were estimated using multivariable Cox models.Results 13 841/52 057 (26.6%) GARFIELD-AF participants were enrolled in Asia. Average age and prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities were lower than in non-Asian countries and patients at high risk of stroke (ie, CHA2DS2-VASc≥2 excl. sex) were less frequently anticoagulated (60.1% vs 73.2%). …”
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Emulation of ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials in real-world atrial fibrillation patients results in similar efficacy and safety as original landmark trials: insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry by Ralf E Harskamp, Karen Pieper, A John Camm, Ajay K Kakkar, Jelle C L Himmelreich, Saverio Virdone, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Frank Misselwitz, Freek W A Verheugt, Frank Cools, Harry Gibbs, Antônio C Pereira-Barretto

“…HRs of apixaban and rivaroxaban versus comparator for stroke/systemic embolism, major bleeding and all-cause mortality within 2 years follow-up were calculated using propensity score overlap-weighted Cox models. Among GARFIELD-AF patients on apixaban, 2570/3615 (71%) would have been eligible for ARISTOTLE. …”
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Extreme and Cyclical Blood Pressure Elevation in a Pheochromocytoma Hypertensive Crisis by V. Larouche, N. Garfield, E. Mitmaker

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CITATION INDEX AND OBJECTIVITY OF EXPERTS. ABOUT THE POSSIBLE PHILOSOPHICAL DELIBERATIONS ON THE HOT TOPIC by Lada V. Shipovalova

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Visualization and co-occurrence of journals in the area of information science in vis-a-vis the Qualis/Capes system in Brazil by Adilson Luiz Pinto, Alexandre Semeler-Ribas, Audilio Gonzales-Aguilar, Carole Clauzel

“…The influence of these international journals (which are part of Web of Science) is evidenced by measuring the power they have in the scientific field of Information Science as well as the power of major authors (Salton, Spink, Nicholas, Belkin, Saracevic, Dervin, Garfield and others). Citation index comparison with the other journals in the area and index of impact factor are also analyzed. …”
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Subtrochanteric Fracture following Removal of a Porous Tantalum Implant by Derek F. Amanatullah, Randall Farac, Thomas J. McDonald, H. David Moehring, Paul E. Di Cesare

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Low Dose X-Ray Sources and High Quantum Efficiency Sensors: The Next Challenge in Dental Digital Imaging? by Arnav R. Mistry, Daniel Uzbelger Feldman, Jie Yang, Eric Ryterski

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