Awareness of the role of atrial fibrillation as a cause of ischemic stroke

Stroke. 2014 Feb;45(2):e19-21. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003282. Epub 2013 Dec 19.
No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; history; stroke.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / history*
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Female
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / history*
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin