Cardioembolic stroke is the most serious problem in the aging society: Japan standard stroke registry study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 811-814

  Kato, Yuji ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^a   Kobayashi, Shotai ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age stratification; Epidemiology; Ischemic stroke; Japanese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84933279985     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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