Left atrial catheter ablation and ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-270

  Haeusler, Karl Georg ^a,b   Kirchhof, Paulus ^c,d   Endres, Matthias ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Center for Stroke Research Berlin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; ischemic stroke; left atrial catheter ablation; silent stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION; MICROEMBOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855348820     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.627067     Document Type: Article

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