Multiple risk factors and ischaemic stroke in the elderly population with and without atrial fibrillation: An analysis of 425,600 Chinese individuals without prior stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 184-192

  Guo, Yutao ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Tian, Yingchun ^d   Wang, Yutang ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d MRI   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular risk factors; Elderly; Ischaemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951335567     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-07-0577     Document Type: Article

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