Frequent premature atrial contractions in stroke of undetermined etiology

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Todo, Kenichi ^a,b   Moriwaki, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Kozue ^a   Naritomi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Ischemic stroke; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Premature atrial contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 62849090725     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000206853     Document Type: Article

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