Atrial Premature Beats Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results from the EMBRACE Trial

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 936-941

  Gladstone, David J ^a,b,c,d,g   Dorian, Paul ^b   Spring, Melanie ^b   Panzov, Val ^e   Mamdani, Muhammad ^b,e   Healey, Jeff S ^f   Thorpe, Kevin E ^c,e   Aviv, R ^b   Boyle, K ^b,d   Blakely, J ^b   Cote, R ^b   Hall, J ^b   Kapral, M K ^b   Kozlowski, N ^b   Laupacis, A ^b   O'Donnell, M ^b   Sabihuddin, K ^b   Sharma, M ^b,m   Shuaib, A ^b,s   Vaid, H ^b,d   Pinter, A ^b   Abootalebi, S ^h   Chan, R ^h   Crann, S ^h   Fleming, L ^h   Frank, C ^h   Hachinski, V ^h   Hesser, K ^h   Kumar, B S ^h   Soros, P ^h   Wright, M ^h   Basile, V ^d   Hopyan, J ^d   Rajmohan, Y ^d   Swartz, R ^d   Valencia, G ^d   Ween, J ^d   Aram, H ⁱ   Barber, P A ⁱ   Coutts, S ⁱ   Demchuk, A M ⁱ   Fischer, K ⁱ   Hill, M D ⁱ   Klein, G ⁱ   Kenney, C ⁱ   Menon, B ⁱ   McClelland, M ⁱ   Russell, A ⁱ   Ryckborst, K ⁱ   Stys, P ⁱ   Smith, E E ⁱ   Watson, T W ⁱ   Chacko, S ^j   Sahlas, D ^j   Sancan, J ^j   Cote R ^k   Durcan, L ^k   Ehrensperger, E ^k   Minuk, J ^k   Wein, T ^k   Wadup, L ^k   Asdaghi, N ^l   Beckman, J ^l   Esplana, N ^l   Masigan, P ^l   Murphy, C ^l   Tang, E ^l   Teal, P ^l   Villaluna, K ^l   Woolfenden, A ^l   Yip, S ^l   Bussiere M ^m   Dowlatshahi, D ^m   Stotts, G ^m   Robert, S ^m   Ford, K ⁿ   Hackam, D ⁿ   Miners, L ⁿ   Mabb, T ⁿ   Spence, J D ⁿ   Buck, B ^o   Griffin Stead, T ^o   Jassal, R ^o   Siddiqui, M ^o   Hache, A ^p   Lessard, C ^p   Lebel, F ^p   Mackey, A ^p   Verreault, S ^p   Astorga, C ^q   Casaubon, L K ^q   Del Campo, M ^q   Jaigobin, C ^q   Kalman, L ^q   Silver, F L ^q   Atkins, L ^r   Coles, K ^r   Penn, A ^r   Sargent, R ^r   Walter, C ^r   Gable, Y ^s   Kadribasic, N ^s   Schwindt, B ^s   Kostyrko, P ^f   Selchen, D ^f   Saposnik, G ^f   Christie, P ^t   Jin, A ^t   Hicklin, D ^u   Howse, D ^u   Edwards, E ^u   Jaspers, S ^u   Sher, F ^u   Stoger, S ^u   Crisp, D ^b   Dhanani, A ^b   John, V ^b   Levitan, M ^b   Mehdiratta, M ^b   Wong, D ^b   more..

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^k MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁿ ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^o GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^r VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^t KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial premature complexes; cryptogenic stroke; electrocardiography; projections and predictions; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84930801298     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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