Frequency of de novo atrial fibrillation in patients presenting with acute ischemic cerebrovascular stroke

Abstract Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects millions of people worldwide and can remain undiagnosed for years. It is a major cause of cerebrovascular stroke (CVS); hence, early detection is extremely important in order to decrease the risk of CVS. We conducted a retrospective observational...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby, Yehia Saleh, Özge Özden Tok, Tuğba Kemaloğlu Öz, Ola Abdelkarim, Haitham Badran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-04-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43044-020-00050-8