Occult atrial fibrillation in ischemic stroke: Seek and you shall find

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1662-1663

  Tayal, Ashis H ^a,b   Callans, David J ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTELEPHONIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING;

EID: 77953007620     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e19559     Document Type: Editorial

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