Pilot randomized trial of outpatient cardiac monitoring after cryptogenic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 528-530

  Kamel, Hooman ^a   Navi, Babak B ^a   Elijovich, Lucas ^b   Josephson, S Andrew ^c   Yee, Alan H ^c   Fung, Gordon ^d   Johnston, S Claiborne ^c,d   Smith, Wade S ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MONITORING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MONITOR; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872957222     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.679100     Document Type: Article

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