Development of a scoring system for atrial fibrillation in acute stroke and transient ischemic attack patients: The LADS scoring system

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-30

  Malik, Shaneela ^a   Hicks, William J ^b   Schultz, Lonni ^b   Penstone, Patricia ^b   Gardner, Jayna ^c   Katramados, Angelos M ^b   Russman, Andrew N ^b   Mitsias, Panayiotis ^b   Silver, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Scoring system; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 78751573013     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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