Improvement in use of anticoagulation therapy in patients with ischemic stroke: Results from Get with the Guidelines-Stroke

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lewis, William R ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Grau Sepulveda, Maria V ^c   Smith, Eric E ^d   Bhatt, Deepak L ^e   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Olson, Daiwai ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Schwamm, Lee H ^f  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENESCENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 80053649973     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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