Bader Madoukh, Ayman Battisha, Henry Ukwu, Mohammed Al-Sadawi and Shakil Shaikh. Acute Systolic Heart Failure as the only Risk Factor for Cardioembolic Cerebrovascular Accident in the Setting of Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy and Normal Sinus Rhythm: A Case Report with Literature Review.
. 2020; 8(1):22-25. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-8-1-6
heart failure, normal sinus rhythm, atrial fibrillation, cardioembolic stroke
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