Isolated insular strokes and plasma MR-proANP levels are associated with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: A pilot study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Frontzek, Karl ^a,b   Fluri, Felix ^b,c   Siemerkus, Jakob ^d   Mul̈ler, Beat ^e   Gass, Achim ^f   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^b   Katan, Mira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULAR STROKE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84898606246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092421     Document Type: Article

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