Cardioembolic stroke: An update

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-349

  Kelley, Roger E ^a   Minagar, Alireza ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioembolic stroke; Cerebral embolus; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINOATRIAL DISORDER; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0041734727     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000063471.13035.85     Document Type: Review

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