Incidence and functional outcome of atrial fibrillation and non-atrial fibrillation- related cardioembolic stroke in Joinville, Brazil: a population-based study
Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Among ischemic strokes, cardioembolic (CE) stroke has the worst outcome. We measured the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and non-AF related CE strokes, previous anticoagulant use, and the 90-day functional outcome. Using multiple overlapping sources, we included all CE strokes that occurre...
Fibrilación Atrial/complicaciones, Fibrilación Atrial/epidemiología, Brasil/epidemiología, Evaluación de la Discapacidad, Incidencia, Embolia Intracraneal/complicaciones, Embolia Intracraneal/epidemiología, Factores de Riesgo, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Factores Socioeconómicos, Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones, Accidente Cerebrovascular/epidemiología