title: Assessment of stroke risk in Middle Eastern patients with atrial fibrillation: the Gulf SAFE registry.
authors.affiliation: Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Science, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: s.apostolakis@bham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zubaid
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rashed
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alsheikh-Ali
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Almahmeed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shehab
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alqudaimi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asaad
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: G Y H
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lip
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East / Q000208:ethnology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc; CHADS(2); Middle East; Thromboembolism