Electrocardiographic left atrial abnormality and stroke subtype in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 670-678

  Kamel, Hooman ^a   O'Neal, Wesley T ^b   Okin, Peter M ^c   Loehr, Laura R ^d   Alonso, Alvaro ^e   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^b  

^a FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; STROKE, LACUNAR; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84945492794     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24482     Document Type: Article

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