Stroke with intermittent atrial fibrillation: incidence and predictors during aspirin therapy. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Investigators.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on January 01, 2000

Authors

R G Hart1, L A Pearce, R M Rothbart, J H McAnulty, R W Asinger, J L Halperin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284, USA. HartR@uthscsa.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Silent Atrial Fibrillation - Screening of High-risk Groups for Atrial Fibrillation (The Silence Study) | NCT02893215

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