Atrial fibrillation characteristics in patients with ischaemic stroke

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 751-757

  Staszewski, Jacek ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic treatment; Atrial fibrillation; Incidence; Ischaemic stroke; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548418043     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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