Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation occurs often in cryptogenic ischaemic stroke. Final results from the SURPRISE study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 884-889

  Christensen, L M ^a   Krieger, D W ^a,b   Hojberg S ^a   Pedersen, O D ^a   Karlsen, F M ^a   Jacobsen, M D ^a   Worck, R ^a   Nielsen, H ^a   AEgidius K ^a   Jeppesen, L L ^a   Rosenbaum, S ^a   Marstrand, J ^a   Christensen, H ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiology; Cryptogenic stroke; Implantable loop recorder; Long term cardiac monitoring; Neurology; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOGENIC ISCHEMIC STROKE; DENMARK; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TELEMETRY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84899942998     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12400     Document Type: Article

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