Cessation of embolic signals after antithrombotic prevention is related to reduced risk of recurrent arterioembolic transient ischaemic attack and stroke
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 72 (3) , 338-342
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.72.3.338
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the reduction of embolic signals after the initiation of an antithrombotic secondary prevention in patients with recent arterioembolic stroke and to determine the predictive value of decreased microembolism on the risk of early stroke recurrence.Keywords
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