Detection of occult atrial fibrillation in patients with embolic stroke of uncertain source: A work in progress

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Andrade, Jason G ^a,b   Field, Thalia ^b   Khairy, Paul ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Implantable cardiac monitor; Loop recorder; Stroke; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; DEFIBRILLATOR PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; OUTPATIENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84930666702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00100     Document Type: Review

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