Cardiac monitoring in stroke units: Importance of diagnosing atrial fibrillation in acute ischemic stroke;Monitorización cardiaca en la unidad de ictus: Importancia del diagnóstico de fibrilación auricular en el ictus isquémico agudo

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-567

  Vivanco Hidalgo, Rosa María ^a   Rodríguez Campello, Ana ^a   Ois Santiago, Ángel ^a   Cuadrado Godia, Elisa ^a   Pont Sunyer, Claustre ^a   Roquer, Jaume ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Atrial fibrillation; Fibrilaci n auricular; Stroke unit; Tratamiento anticoagulante; Unidad de ictus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 68049128100     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)71037-1     Document Type: Article

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