Outcomes for patients with ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: The PRISM study (a Program of research informing stroke management)

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-382

  Gattellari, Melina ^a,b   Goumas, Chris ^a   Aitken, Robert ^c   Worthington, John M ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CHA 2DS 2 VASc score; CHADS 2 score; Ischaemic stroke; Mortality; Outcome; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80052656830     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330637     Document Type: Article

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