Screening for atrial fibrillation after stroke: is targeted patient selection the key?

Thaís Leite Secchi¹, Luciano A Sposato^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Departamento de Neurologia, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
² Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatitistics, and Anatomy and Cell Biology, London, Ontario Canada.
³ Western University, Heart & Brain Lab, London, Ontario, Canada.

Thaís Leite Secchi et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;82(10):1-2.

doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1791750. Epub 2024 Nov 11.

Thaís Leite Secchi¹, Luciano A Sposato^{2

3}

¹ Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Departamento de Neurologia, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
² Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatitistics, and Anatomy and Cell Biology, London, Ontario Canada.
³ Western University, Heart & Brain Lab, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

There is no conflict of interest to declare.

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