Noninvasive cardiac monitoring for detecting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or flutter after acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2935-2940

  Liao, Joy ^a   Khalid, Zahira ^a   Scallan, Ciaran ^b   Morillo, Carlos ^a   O'Donnell, Martin ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Atrial fibrillation; Ischemic stroke; Systematic review; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 35648954047     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.478685     Document Type: Review

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