Serial electrocardiographic assessments significantly improve detection of atrial fibrillation 2.6-fold in patients with acute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 480-482

  Douen, Andre G ^a,b,c   Pageau, Nicole ^a   Medic, Sejla ^a  

^a Trillium Health Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; ECG; Holter; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39349115930     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.492595     Document Type: Article

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