Rate of antithrombotic drug use and clinical outcomes according to CHADS2 scores in patients with an initial cardioembolic stroke who had nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 846-850

  Deguchi, Ichiro ^a   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ohe, Yasuko ^a   Nemoto, Manabu ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

CHADS2 score; initial cardioembolic stroke; nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CHADS2 SCORE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE;

EID: 84881191051     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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