Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation after acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: Importance of immediate and prolonged continuous cardiac monitoring

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-216

  Sposato, Luciano A ^a,b   Klein, Francisco R ^a   Jáuregui, Agustín ^a   Ferrúa, Marisol ^a   Klin, Pablo ^c   Zamora, Rafael ^a   Riccio, Patricia M ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b INECO   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhthmya; diagnosis; electrocardiography; Stroke; telemetry; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858754402     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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