Left Atrial Enlargement and Stroke Recurrence
Author(s) -
Shadi Yaghi,
Yeseon Park Moon,
Consuelo MoraMcLaughlin,
Joshua Z. Willey,
Ken Cheung,
Marco R. Di Tullio,
Shunichi Homma,
Hooman Kamel,
Ralph L. Sacco,
Mitchell S.V. Elkind
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.115.008711
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , cardiology , proportional hazards model , left atrial enlargement , confounding , mechanical engineering , sinus rhythm , engineering
Although left atrial enlargement (LAE) increases incident stroke risk, the association with recurrent stroke is less clear. Our aim was to determine the association of LAE with recurrent stroke most likely related to embolism (cryptogenic and cardioembolic) and all ischemic stroke recurrences.
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