Stroke patients with a past history of cancer are at increased risk of recurrent stroke and cardiovascular mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lau, Kui Kai ^a,b   Wong, Yuen Kwun ^a   Teo, Kay Cheong ^a   Chang, Richard Shek Kwan ^a   Hon, Sonny Fong Kwong ^a   Chan, Koon Ho ^a,b   Cheung, Raymond Tak Fai ^a,b   Li, Leonard Sheung Wai ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a,b   Ho, Shu Leong ^a,b   Siu, Chung Wah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84895766300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088283     Document Type: Article

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