Journal article
Echocardiographic Predictors of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Study of 1066 Patients From 3 Clinical Trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical features that consistently predict ischemic stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation have been identified, while echocardiographic risk factors are less well defined.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the results of transthoracic echocardiography add independent information to the clinical risk factors for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Journal
JAMA Internal Medicine, Vol. 158, No. 12, pp. 1316–1320
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
June 22, 1998
DOI
10.1001/archinte.158.12.1316
ISSN
2168-6106