Identifying a high stroke risk subgroup in individuals with heart failure

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-626

  Pullicino, Patrick M ^a,b   McClure, Leslie A ^c   Howard, Virginia J ^c   Wadley, Virginia G ^d   Safford, Monika M ^d   Meschia, James F ^e   Anderson, Aaron ^f   Howard, George ^c   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; stroke; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879705749     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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