Atrial fibrillation genetic risk differentiates cardioembolic stroke from other stroke subtypes
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Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With a Worse 90-Day Outcome Than Other Cardioembolic Stroke Subtypes.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with a cardioembolic stroke (CES) have worse outcomes than stroke patients with other causes of stroke. Among patients with CES, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common comorbidity. Mounting data indicate that AF may be related to stroke pathogenesis beyond acute cerebral thromboembolism. We sought to determine whether AF represents an independent risk factor for st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology Genetics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2376-7839
DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000293