Stroke severity in concomitant cardiac sources of embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Kim, Young Dae ^a   Park, Bosuk ^a   Cha, Myoung Jin ^a   Nam, Chung Mo ^b   Nam, Hyo Suk ^a   Ha, Jong Won ^b   Chung, Namsik ^b   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain embolism; Prognosis; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM THROMBUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 77958151920     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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