Detection of atrial fibrillation after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 520-526

  Kishore, Amit ^a,c   Vail, Andy ^b   Majid, Arshad ^c   Dawson, Jesse ^d   Lees, Kennedy R ^d   Tyrrell, Pippa J ^a,c   Smith, Craig J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ischemic attack, transient; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING DEVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893670659     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003433     Document Type: Review

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