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Table 2 Comparisons of stroke severity on admission and outcomes at discharge between PAF and PerAF patients

From: Persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation is associated with severe cardioembolic stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

  PAF (n = 127) PerAF (n = 231) p-value
Stroke severity
 NIHSS on admission 9 (4–18) 12 (5–20) 0.12
 Mortality 5 (4%) 30 (13%) 0.005
  1. Data are shown as median (25th–75th percentiles) or n (%). PAF indicates paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, PerAF persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation, NIHSS the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
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