Cardiovascular and neurological causes of sudden death after ischaemic stroke

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-188

  Sörös, Peter ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBELUZOLE; PLACEBO; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULA; KIDNEY FAILURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STROKE;

EID: 84856007704     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70291-5     Document Type: Review

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