Cardioembolic Stroke: Practical Considerations for Patient Risk Management and Secondary Prevention
Amin H, Nowak RJ, Schindler JL. Cardioembolic Stroke: Practical Considerations for Patient Risk Management and Secondary Prevention. Postgraduate Medicine 2014, 126: 55-65. PMID: 24393752, DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2014.01.2725.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnticoagulantsCardiovascular DiseasesEchocardiography, TransesophagealElectrocardiographyHumansInternational Normalized RatioRisk ManagementSecondary PreventionStrokeThromboembolismConceptsManagement of patientsCE strokeCardioembolic strokeAtrial fibrillationNew anticoagulation therapiesMonitoring of patientsPatient risk managementAnticoagulation therapyVentricular dysfunctionIschemic strokeSecondary preventionEjection fractionPatent foramenStroke eventsValvular diseaseEarly recurrenceHigh morbidityCardiac mechanismPatient's mechanismPatientsStrokeFibrillationPreventionSecondary risk managementMorbidity