Immediate anticoagulation for acute stroke in atrial fibrillation: Yes

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3052-3053

  Chamorro, Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYTOKINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; HEPARIN; INSULIN; NADROPARIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; TINZAPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845426771     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000248952.59078.7a     Document Type: Short Survey

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