Independent predictors of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review

Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation Working Group - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
… factors for ischemic stroke in nonanticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation. We … patients
with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation that determined factors independently associated with stroke

Preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

MD Ezekowitz, JA Levine - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
… of stroke was 5.6 times greater in patients with atrial fibrillation than that in comparably aged
patients in … secondary prevention in patients who had a stroke while in atrial fibrillation. The …

Prevention of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

RG Hart, DG Sherman, JD Easton, JA Cairns - Neurology, 1998 - AAN Enterprises
strokes are associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). This frequency increases with
patient age, so that more than one-third of ischemic strokes … for ischemic stroke. Randomized …

Acute stroke with atrial fibrillation: the Copenhagen Stroke Study

HS Jørgensen, H Nakayama, J Reith, HO Raaschou… - Stroke, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
… stay, and increased discharge rate to nursing homes found in this study for stroke patients
with AF may suggest a substantial beneficial impact from the prevention of AF-induced stroke. …

Current status of stroke risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation

RG Hart, LA Pearce - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
… The 4 most consistent risk factors for stroke in atrial fibrillation patients (ie, prior stroke/TIA, …
factors for stroke among persons without atrial fibrillation. However, the absolute stroke rates …

High prevalence of atrial fibrillation among patients with ischemic stroke

L Friberg, M Rosenqvist, A Lindgren, A Terént… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
… local medical records at hospitals where patients with acute stroke have been admitted. Nor
do the registers rely on the ability of stroke patients to give correct and coherent information …

Atrial fibrillation in patients with ischemic stroke: a population-based study

SK Thygesen, L Frost, KA Eagle… - Clinical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… of atrial fibrillation among patients with stroke is not fully clarified. We compared patient
characteristics, including severity of stroke and … stroke patients with and without atrial fibrillation. …

Atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke

DJ Gladstone, M Spring, P Dorian… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Strokes due to atrial fibrillation are common and frequently devastating (70 to 80% of … it must
be a duck”: anticoagulation in stroke patients with suspected atrial fibrillation. Stroke 2013;44…

Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

B Freedman, TS Potpara, GYH Lip - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
… treated atrial fibrillation is responsible for most of these strokes… towards detection of atrial
fibrillation before stroke occurs, … all patients with atrial fibrillation at increased risk of stroke with …

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention

GYH Lip, HS Lim - The Lancet Neurology, 2007 - thelancet.com
… : antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke in patients who have non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
… for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and no previous history of stroke or …