Accurate etiology diagnosis in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation: A role for brain natriuretic peptide
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.03.031
Abstract: BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the leading cause of cardioembolic stroke (CES), and patients with stroke and AF are frequently assumed to have CES. However, strokes presumably due to atherosclerotic pathophysiologies in large or small… read more here.
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; etiology; laa features; svo ... See more keywords