Frequent atrial premature beats predict paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in stroke patients: An opportunity for a new diagnostic strategy

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2292-2294

  Wallmann, Dieter ^a   Tüller, David ^a   Wustmann, Kerstin ^a   Meier, Pascal ^a   Isenegger, Jörg ^b   Arnold, Marcel ^b   Mattle, Heinrich P ^b   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Embolic stroke; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548231003     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.485110     Document Type: Article

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