Atrial fibrillation and stroke: New ideas, persisting dilemmas

Stroke

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 937-941

  Halperin, Jonathan L ^a   Hart, Robert G ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral infarction; Embolism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMAN;

EID: 0023710473     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.19.8.937     Document Type: Editorial

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