Davis W D, Hart R G
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Clin Geriatr Med. 1991 Aug;7(3):429-42.
Cardiogenic stroke accounts for 15-20% of all ischemic strokes and for more than double than number in the very elderly. In this article, available data regarding cardiogenic embolism, its prevention and management in the elderly are reviewed in addition to the epidemiology, diagnosis, and major sources of cardiac emboli, and nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation.
心源性卒中占所有缺血性卒中的15%-20%,在高龄人群中的比例更是高出一倍多。本文除了回顾心源性栓塞的流行病学、诊断、心脏栓子的主要来源以及非风湿性心房颤动外,还将探讨老年人心源性栓塞的现有数据、预防及管理。