Which acute stroke patients with atrial fibrillation are prescribed warfarin therapy? Results from one-year's experience in Dundee

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 110-112

  Craig, J ^a   MacWalter, R S ^a   Goudie, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Aspirin; Atrial fibrillation; Stroke; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033799768     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300004500404     Document Type: Article

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