Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 377-387

  Sposato, Luciano A ^a   Cipriano, Lauren E ^b   Saposnik, Gustavo ^c,d,e,f   Vargas, Estefanía Ruíz ^a   Riccio, Patricia M ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC TELEMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMBASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPUS; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMETRY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84926421542     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)70027-X     Document Type: Article

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