Young Male Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score of 1 May Not Need Anticoagulants: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

• Yi-Hsin Chan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Hsin Chan, Lung-Sheng Wu

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Lung-Sheng Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Hsin Chan, Lung-Sheng Wu

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Shang-Hung Chang,

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Fu Lee,

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Jia-Rou Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Lai-Chu See,

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Biostatistics Core Laboratory, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of of Rheumationalogy and Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Yung-Hsin Yeh ,

  * E-mail: yeongshinn@cgmh.org.tw (Y-HY); chitai@cgmh.org.tw (C-TK)

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chi-Tai Kuo

  * E-mail: yeongshinn@cgmh.org.tw (Y-HY); chitai@cgmh.org.tw (C-TK)

  Affiliations The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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