Cardioembolic but not other stroke subtypes predict mortality independent of stroke severity at presentation

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stead, Latha Ganti ^a,b   Gilmore, Rachel M ^a   Bellolio, M Fernanda ^a   Jain, Anunaya ^a,c   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Brown Jr , Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84855264065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/281496     Document Type: Article

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