We aimed to provide practical recommendations for the screening of subclinical atrial
fibrillation (AF) in patients with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) of …

Ischaemic strokes have traditionally been classified according to the TOAST criteria, in
which strokes with unclear aetiology are classified as cryptogenic strokes. However, the …

Introduction Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity globally. Atrial
fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. It is set to reach epidemic …

Embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS) represents one in five ischemic strokes.
Ipsilateral non-stenotic carotid plaques are identified in 40% of all ESUS. In this narrative …

The past decade has seen significant advances in stroke prevention. These advances
include new antithrombotic agents, new options for dyslipidemia treatment, and novel …

Background Newly detected atrial fibrillation (NDAF) following an ischemic stroke or
transient ischemic attack is often paroxysmal in nature. While challenging to detect …

Current recommendations support a personalized sequential approach for cardiac rhythm
monitoring to detect atrial fibrillation after embolic stroke of undetermined source. Several …

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) detection and treatment are key elements to reduce
recurrence risk in cryptogenic stroke (CS) with underlying arrhythmia. The purpose of the …

Background: A significant portion of cryptogenic stroke is hypothesized to be secondary to
cardiac embolism. However, transthoracic echocardiogram is usually delayed after stroke …

Objetive Cryptogenic stroke (CS) represents up to 30% of ischemic strokes (IS). Since atrial
fibrillation (AF) can be detected in up to 30% of CS, there is a clinical need for estimating the …