Troponin levels help predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in ischaemic stroke patients: A retrospective study

European Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Bugnicourt, Jean Marc ^a   Rogez, Vincent ^b   Guillaumont, Marie Pierre ^b   Rogez, Jean Claude ^b   Canaple, Sandrine ^b   Godefroy, Olivier ^a  

^a Amiens University Medical Center and Jules Verne University of Picardy   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Stroke; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; STROKE; TROPONIN;

EID: 70449647046     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000258679     Document Type: Article

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