Echocardiographic and Clinical Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertensive Patients With Ischemic Stroke

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1348-1351

  Haft, Jacob I ^a   Teichholz, Louis E ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 56349129407     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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