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Detection of occult atrial fibrillation in patients with embolic stroke of uncertain source: a work in progress

Atrial fibrillation accounts for a substantial proportion of ischemic strokes of known etiology and may be responsible for an additional subset of the 25–40% of strokes of unknown cause (so-called cryptogenic). Oral anticoagulation is significantly more effective than antiplatelet therapy in the sec...

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Autores principales: Andrade, Jason G., Field, Thalia, Khairy, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00100