Left atrial dilatation is associated with severe ischemic stroke in men with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 97-102

  Kim, Tae Won ^a   Jung, Sung Woo ^a   Song, In Uk ^a   Koo, Jaseong ^a   Choi, Hyun Seok ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Park, Jeong Wook ^a   Park, Hun Jun ^a   Kim, Joong Seok ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ischemic stroke; Left atrial volume; Non valvular; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84937521731     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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