Relationship of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to 30-Day Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries With Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Smith, Eric E ^b   Broderick, Joseph P ^c   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^c   Sacco, Ralph L ^d   Pan, Wenqin ^e   Olson, Daiwai M ^e   Hernandez, Adrian F ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^e   Schwamm, Lee H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ischemic stroke; mortality; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; registries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85185463790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.111.000034     Document Type: Article

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