Cardiological evaluation after cerebral ischaemia : Consensus statement of the Working Group Heart and Brain of the German Cardiac Society-Cardiovascular Research (DGK) and the German Stroke Society (DSG).

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Published in Clin Res Cardiol on August 03, 2010

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Ulrich Laufs1, Uta C Hoppe, Stephan Rosenkranz, Paulus Kirchhof, Michael Böhm, Hans-Christoph Diener, Matthias Endres, Martin Grond, Werner Hacke, Thomas Meinertz, E Bernd Ringelstein, Joachim Röther, Martin Dichgans

Author Affiliations

1: Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany. ulrich@laufs.com

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