Characteristics, outcome, and care of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation in Europe: Data from a multicenter multinational hospital-based registry (the European community stroke project)

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 392-398

  Lamassa, Maria ^a   Di Carlo, Antonio ^b   Pracucci, Giovanni ^a   Basile, Anna Maria ^a   Trefoloni, Gloria ^a   Vanni, Paola ^a   Spolveri, Stefano ^c   Baruffi, Maria Cristina ^c   Landini, Giancarlo ^c   Ghetti, Augusto ^c   Wolfe, Charles D A ^d   Inzitari, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Health Area 10   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prognosis; Stroke management; Stroke outcome; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035133001     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.2.392     Document Type: Article

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