Prognostic value of trans-thoracic echocardiography in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation: findings from the RAF study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-237

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Falocci, Nicola ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Becattini, Cecilia ^a   Marcheselli, Simona ^b   Rueckert, Christina ^c   Pezzini, Alessandro ^d   Poli, Loris ^d   Padovani, Alessandro ^d   Csiba, Laszló ^e   Szabó, Lilla ^e   Sohn, Sung Il ^f   Tassinari, Tiziana ^g   Abdul Rahim, Azmil H ^h   Michel, Patrik ⁱ   Cordier, Maria ⁱ   Vanacker, Peter ^j   Remillard, Suzette ⁱ   Alberti, Andrea ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Acciarresi, Monica ^a   D’Amore, Cataldo ^a   Mosconi, Maria Giulia ^a   Scoditti, Umberto ^k   Denti, Licia ^k   Orlandi, Giovanni ^l   Chiti, Alberto ^l   Gialdini, Gino ^l   Bovi, Paolo ^m   Carletti, Monica ^m   Rigatelli, Alberto ^m   Putaala, Jukka ⁿ   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^n,o,p   Masotti, Luca ^q   Lorenzini, Gianni ^q   Tassi, Rossana ^r   Guideri, Francesca ^r   Martini, Giuseppe ^r   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^s,t,u   Vadikolias, Kostantinos ^s   Liantinioti, Chrissoula ^u   Corea, Francesco ^v   Del Sette, Massimo ^w   Ageno, Walter ^x   De Lodovici, Maria Luisa ^x   Bono, Giorgio ^x   Baldi, Antonio ^y   D’Anna, Sebastiano ^y   Sacco, Simona ^z   Carolei, Antonio ^z   Tiseo, Cindy ^z   Imberti, Davide ^aa   Zabzuni, Dorjan ^aa   Doronin, Boris ^ab   Volodina, Vera ^ab   Consoli, Domenico ^ac   Galati, Franco ^ac   Pieroni, Alessio ^ad   Toni, Danilo ^ad   Monaco, Serena ^ae   Baronello, Mario Maimone ^ae   Barlinn, Kristian ^af   Pallesen, Lars Peder ^af   Kepplinger, Jessica ^af   Bodechtel, Ulf ^af   Gerber, Johannes ^af   Deleu, Dirk ^ag   Melikyan, Gayane ^ag   Ibrahim, Faisal ^ag   Akhtar, Naveed ^ag   Lees, Kennedy R ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c Abteilung Neurologie/Epileptologie   (Germany)

^d Neurology Unit   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^f Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^g SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁿ HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^p SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^q Internal Medicine Cecina Hospital   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^s DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^t ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^v MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^w SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^y Ospedale di Portogruaro   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^aa Ospedale Civile di Piacenza   (Italy)

^ab City Clinical Hospital 1   (Russian Federation)

^ac Jazzolino Hospital   (Italy)

^ad SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^ae Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

^af UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^ag HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

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Author keywords

Acute stroke; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

EID: 84957956002     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7957-3     Document Type: Article

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