First-ever atrial fibrillation documented after hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke: The role of the chads2 score at the time of stroke

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Henriksson, Karin M ^a,b   Farahmand, Bahman ^a,c   Åsberg, Signild ^d   Terént, Andreas ^d   Edvardsson, Nils ^e  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHADS2 SCORE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955917274     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20869     Document Type: Article

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