A risk Score to predict future atrial fibrillation derived from patients with stroke initially presenting with atrial fibrillation?

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Stahrenberg, Raoul ^a   Wachter, Rolf ^a   Gröschel, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 77649126509     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.573675     Document Type: Letter

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