Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosed through Sensory Complaints
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Atrial fibrillation diagnosed through sensory complaints.
Taste and smell disorders have multiple causes. We describe a patient in whom atrial fibrillation and subsequent embolic stroke was discovered because of complaints of decreased smell and taste. These deficits ultimately improved after treatment of the atrial fibrillation along with anticoagulation medication for stroke prevention.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130183