Prevalence and predictors of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation on holter monitor in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2596-2600

  Alhadramy, Osama ^a   Jeerakathil, Thomas J ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a   Najjar, Emad ^a   Choy, Jonathan ^a   Saqqur, Maher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; diagnostic imaging; Holter monitor; ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149299464     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.570382     Document Type: Article

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