Electrocardiographic monitoring for detecting atrial fibrillation after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-269

  Dussault, Charles ^a   Toeg, Hadi ^b   Nathan, Meena ^c   Wang, Zhi Jian ^d   Roux, Jean Francois ^a   Secemsky, Eric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; electrocardiography; meta analysis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; COMPLICATION; HEART RATE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930667232     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002521     Document Type: Article

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