Association between Atrial fibrillation and silent cerebral infarctions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 650-658

  Kalantarian, Shadi ^a   Ay, Hakan ^a   Gollub, Randy L ^a   Lee, Hang ^a   Retzepi, Kallirroi ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84919354211     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0538     Document Type: Review

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