Atrial fibrillation and stroke: Clinical presentation of cardioembolic versus atherothrombotic infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Arboix, Adrià ^a   García Eroles, Lluis ^a   Massons, Juan B ^a   Oliveres, Montserrat ^a   Pujades, Ramón ^a   Targa, Cecilia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SAGRAT COR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherothrombotic stroke; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac dysrhythmia; Cardioembolic stroke; Cerebral infarction; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0343618575     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00214-4     Document Type: Article

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