Incidence and functional outcome of atrial fibrillation and non-atrial fibrillation- related cardioembolic stroke in Joinville, Brazil: a population-based study

Incidence and functional outcome of atrial fibrillation and non-atrial fibrillation- related cardioembolic stroke in Joinville, Brazil: a population-based study

ABSTRACT Among ischemic strokes, cardioembolic (CE) stroke has the worst outcome. We measured the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and non-AF related CE strokes, previous anticoagulant use, and the 90-day functional outcome. Using multiple overlapping sources, we included all CE strokes that oc...

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Main Authors: Claudio Henrique do Amaral, Augusto R. Amaral, Vivian Nagel, Vanessa Venancio, Adriana Coronetti Garcia, Pedro SC Magalhaes, Alexandre L Longo, Carla HC Moro, Felipe I Reis, Andre D’Avila, Norberto L Cabral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
acidente cerebral vascular
incidência
prognóstico
estudos populacionais em saúde pública
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000500288&lng=en&tlng=en
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