Atrial fibrillation is not uncommon among patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic stroke in China

BMC Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yang, Xiaomeng ^a   Li, Shuya ^a   Zhao, Xingquan ^a,b   Liu, Liping ^a   Jiang, Yong ^a,b   Li, Zixiao ^a   Wang, Yilong ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; China; Prolonged ECG monitoring, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 85037372941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-017-0987-y     Document Type: Article

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