Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5502701 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
There was a 1.4 times increase in the prevalence of AF among consecutive ischemic stroke and TIA patients in the past 12Â years in a hospital-based registry. More active screening of the general population for AF may be warranted in order to decrease the overall stroke burden.
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Authors
Qiong Yang, Leonid Churilov, Dongsheng Fan, Stephen Davis, Bernard Yan,