To monitor or to not monitor for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after transient ischemic attack or stroke: this is the question

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Editorial

Hans-Christoph Diener. Stroke. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;45(2):355-6.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004036. Epub 2014 Jan 2.

¹ From the Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.

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Keywords: ECG screening; atrial fibrillation; ischemic; stroke.

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