Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in acute stroke patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-417

  Rizos, T ^a   Rasch, C ^a   Jenetzky, E ^b   Hametner, C ^a   Kathoefer, S ^a   Reinhardt, R ^c   Hepp, T ^c   Hacke, W ^a   Veltkamp, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Apoplex Medical Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Continuous bedside ECG monitoring; Emergency room; Heart rate dynamics; Holter ECG; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 77955621879     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316885     Document Type: Article

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