Background Undocumented atrial fibrillation (AF) is suspected as a main stroke cause in
patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS), but its prevalence is largely …

Background: The term embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) has been defined for
patients with ischemic strokes, where neither a cardioembolic nor a non-cardiac source can …

Recently, the clinical entity embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) has been defined
for patients with ischemic strokes, where neither a cardioembolic nor a non-cardiac source …

Introduction Up to one-third of ischemic strokes remained cryptogenic despite extensive
investigations. Atrial fibrillation may be detected in a significant proportion of patients with …

Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is detected in over 30% of patients following an embolic stroke of
undetermined source (ESUS) when monitored with an implantable loop recorder (ILR) …

Abstract Purpose Approximately 10–40% of strokes are cryptogenic (CS). Long-term
electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring has been recommended in these patients to search …

Background and aims Only a minority of patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined
Source (ESUS) receive prolonged cardiac monitoring despite current recommendations …

Background Prophylactic use of direct oral anticoagulants for recurrent stroke prevention in
patients with embolic strokes of undetermined source is currently being investigated. It is …

Abstract Background and Aims Increasingly, insertable cardiac monitors (ICM) have been
used to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in patients with cryptogenic stroke or embolic strokes of …

Methods The study is registered at Clinicaltrials. gov (NCT02766205). The study was
approved by the local ethics committees. The cohort included consecutive patients with …