Outcomes of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation according to presumed etiology

Bruno Bacellar Pedreira; Korilyn Sauser Zachrison; Aneesh Singhal; Zhiyu Yan; Jamary Oliveira-Filho; Lee H. Schwamm

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1769124

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jul 2023)

Outcomes of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation according to presumed etiology

Bruno Bacellar Pedreira,
Korilyn Sauser Zachrison,
Aneesh Singhal,
Zhiyu Yan,
Jamary Oliveira-Filho,
Lee H. Schwamm

Affiliations

Bruno Bacellar Pedreira: ORCiD; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, United States.
Korilyn Sauser Zachrison: ORCiD; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, United States.
Aneesh Singhal: ORCiD; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, United States.
Zhiyu Yan: ORCiD; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, United States.
Jamary Oliveira-Filho: ORCiD; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.
Lee H. Schwamm: ORCiD; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, United States.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1769124
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 81, no. 07
pp. 616 – 623

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Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a potent risk factor for stroke. The presence of competing etiologies can modify disease outcomes and demand different treatment strategies.

Published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/

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