Subclinical atrial fibrillation preceding cardioembolic stroke in a patient with systolic heart failure

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):1036-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.292. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

Authors

Kihei Yoneyama¹, Tomoo Harada¹, Hidemichi Ito², Makoto Takano¹, Maya Tsukahara¹, Yukio Sato¹, Masashi Uchida², Satoru Nishio¹, Yoshihiro J Akashi³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
² Department of Neurosurgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan. Electronic address: yoakashi-circ@umin.ac.jp.

PMID: 25156841
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.292

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial flutter; Cerebral infarction; Oral anticoagulants; Rate control; Rhythm control; Warfarin.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Cerebral Infarction / etiology
Embolism / diagnosis*
Embolism / etiology
Heart Failure, Systolic / complications
Heart Failure, Systolic / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Stroke / diagnosis*
Stroke / etiology