Stroke by cause some common, some exotic, some controversial

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2523-2525

  Barnett, Henry J M ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644676534     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000194560.65809.47     Document Type: Editorial

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