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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2312-38932025000100222</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2025.e12122522</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diferencias de sexo en la evolución y tratamiento de la fibrilación auricular no valvular]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sex differences in the evolution and treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benítez González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Carolina]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Saddy Pamela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sapriza Bogarín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rommel Hernán]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aria Zaya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Silvana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega Filártiga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar Augusto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Pacífico Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Hospital Nacional ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>222</fpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100222&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100222&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100222&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la fibrilación auricular no valvular (FANV) es la arritmia cardíaca más común en la práctica clínica. Se ha visto que la presentación clínica y el tratamiento de esta arritmia varía según el sexo.  Objetivo: determinar las diferencias de sexo en la evolución clínica y la respuesta al tratamiento antitrombótico en pacientes internados con diagnóstico de FANV.  Metodología: se realizó un estudio observacional analítico, retrospectivo, de corte transversal en pacientes internados con FANV en el Hospital Nacional de Itauguá, Paraguay, durante el 2024. Los datos se extrajeron de las fichas clínicas completas que contenían estas variables: edad, sexo, tipo de tratamiento antitrombótico recibido, y puntuaciones de riesgo tromboembólico (CHA&#8322;DS&#8322;-VASc) y de sangrado (HAS-BLED).  Resultados: se incluyeron 371 casos, el 61,5% era del sexo femenino. En el 38,2% de las mujeres y en el 35% de los hombres se utilizaron anticoagulantes orales directos, el 36,6% de los pacientes se fue de alta sin reincidencias y el 39,8% de los hombres tuvo una reincidencia de FANV  Conclusión: no se observaron diferencias entre hombres y mujeres en la evolución clínica y la respuesta al tratamiento antitrombótico en pacientes con FANV, lo que resalta la importancia de incorporar el enfoque de género en su abordaje terapéutico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice. It has been observed that the clinical presentation and treatment of this arrhythmia vary according to gender.  Objective:  To determine sex differences in clinical outcome and response to antithrombotic treatment in hospitalized patients diagnosed with NVAF.  Methodology:  A retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in patients hospitalized with NVAF at the Hospital Nacional de Itauguá, Paraguay, during 2024. Data were extracted from complete medical records containing the following variables: age, sex, type of antithrombotic treatment received, and thromboembolic risk (CHA&#8322;DS&#8322;-VASc) and bleeding (HAS-BLED) scores.  Results:  Three hundred seventy-one cases were included, 61.5% of which were female. Direct oral anticoagulants were used in 38.2% of women and 35% of men. Of the patients, 36.6% were discharged without recurrence, and 39.8% of men experienced a recurrence of NVAF.  Conclusion:  No differences were observed between men and women in clinical outcome and response to antithrombotic treatment in patients with NVAF, highlighting the importance of incorporating a gender perspective into the therapeutic approach.]]></p></abstract>
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