Review

. 2017 Oct;48(10):2665-2670.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017084. Epub 2017 Sep 15.

Stratifying Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond Clinical Risk Scores

Shadi Yaghi¹, Hooman Kamel²

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¹ From the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (S.Y.); and Department of Neurology (H.K.) and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. shadiyaghi@yahoo.com.
² From the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (S.Y.); and Department of Neurology (H.K.) and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

PMID: 28916670
PMCID: PMC5679200
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017084

Review

Stratifying Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond Clinical Risk Scores

Shadi Yaghi et al. Stroke. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;48(10):2665-2670.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017084. Epub 2017 Sep 15.

Authors

Shadi Yaghi¹, Hooman Kamel²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (S.Y.); and Department of Neurology (H.K.) and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. shadiyaghi@yahoo.com.
² From the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (S.Y.); and Department of Neurology (H.K.) and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

PMID: 28916670
PMCID: PMC5679200
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017084

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Correction to: Stratifying Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond Clinical Risk Scores.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Stroke. 2017 Dec;48(12):e368. doi: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000155. Stroke. 2017. PMID: 29180588 No abstract available.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; humans; hypertension; risk factors; stroke.

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