Interatrial block: A novel risk factor for embolic stroke?

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b,e   Puri, Puneet ^c   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^c   Spodick, David H ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Embolic stroke; Interatrial block; Left atrial dysfunction; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846644560     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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