An embolic stroke is a type of ischemic stroke ... clot that forms in the heart (usually due to AFib). Diagnosis is made through physical and neurological examination augmented by imaging tests (e.g., ...

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging may be beneficial in assessing left atrial fibrosis in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source without atrial fibrillation; further prospective studies ...

Two very brief episodes of atrial fibrillation were recorded but were ... A very large proportion (97%) of the patients included had a magnetic resonance imaging‐confirmed diagnosis of stroke, and ...

Read the full abstract... Background: Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke mediated by embolism of stasis-precipitated thrombi from the left atrial ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF ... and insular involvement with the risk of embolic events after acute ischemic stroke. Acute ischemic stroke patients with AF who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging ...

The effect of early as compared with later initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in persons with atrial fibrillation who have had an acute ischemic stroke is unclear. We performed an ...

Aortic high risk embolic sources detected by MRI in patients with cryptogenic stroke were evaluated ... and in patients with a history of atrial fibrillation but sinus rhythm in the actual Holter-ECG.

Results: Out of 83 patients diagnosed with TGA, 56 (65%) underwent MRI ... of atrial fibrillation (AF, 26 vs. 7%, p = 0.04) but the frequency of other risk factors did not differ. None of the patients ...

Whether management of complex long-term monitoring in order to detect suspected atrial fibrillation ... stroke unit of our neurological department and comprehensively evaluated to establish stroke ...

To verify the reliability of the clinical diagnosis “lacunar syndrome,” the value was investigated with diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI ... transient ischemic attack or stroke, coronary artery disease, ...

Occult atrial fibrillation (AF ... Treatment of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source; ESUS, embolic stroke of undetermined source; ISTH, International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis; MRI, ...