A simple electrocardiogram marker for risk stratification of ischemic stroke in low-resources settings

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a,b   Juma, Hadge ^b   Nkosi, Nelson ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mzuzu Central Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africans; electrocardiogram; low resources settings; risk stratification; Stroke; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 77956335412     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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