Cryptogenic stroke and atrial fibrillation [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1259-1262

  Silver, Brian ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART RHYTHM; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; STROKE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

EID: 84907424671     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1409495     Document Type: Letter

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