title: Premorbid warfarin use and lower D-dimer levels are associated with a spontaneous early improvement in an atrial fibrillation-related stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: O Y
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: C-S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: G-M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012372:ROC Curve; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013927:Thrombosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014859:Warfarin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D; D014859:Warfarin