Does the STAF score help detect paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in acute stroke patients?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-152

  Horstmann, S ^a   Rizos, T ^a   Guntner J ^a   Hug, A ^a   Jenetzky, E ^b   Krumsdorf, U ^a   Veltkamp, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ischaemic stroke; Score; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAF SCORE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84871646381     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03816.x     Document Type: Article

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