Premature Atrial Contractions on the Screening Electrocardiogram and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-58

  O'Neal, Wesley T ^a   Kamel, Hooman ^b   Kleindorfer, Dawn ^c   Judd, Suzanne E ^d   Howard, George ^d   Howard, Virginia J ^d   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial ectopy; Epidemiology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84988428127     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000448619     Document Type: Article

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