Troponin elevation predicts atrial fibrillation in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 978-983

  Beaulieu Boire, Isabelle ^a   Leblanc, Nancy ^b   Berger, Léo ^b   Boulanger, Jean Martin ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; atrial fibrillation; cardiac emboli; cerebrovascular accident; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE STROKE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC EMBOLI; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84886076809     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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