Poststroke atrial fibrillation bursts with sinus rhythm at stroke onset: What was the cause of stroke?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-147

  Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a   Henriques, Isabel ^a   Kappenberger, Lukas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioembolism; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031898892     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015839     Document Type: Article

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