Chagas disease, cardioembolic ischemic stroke, INR control and bleeding
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Prevention strategies of cardioembolic ischemic stroke in Chagas' disease.
BACKGROUND The cardioembolic (CE) ischemic stroke is an important clinical manifestation of chronic chagasic cardiopathy; however, its incidence and the risk factors associated to this event have yet to be defined. OBJECTIVE To determine prevention strategies for a common and devastating complication of Chagas' disease, the cardioembolic (CE) ischemic stroke. METHODS 1,043 patients with Cha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1678-4227,0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20180152