Cardiac thromboembolism attributed to atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for up to one-
third of ischemic strokes. Stroke may be the first manifestation of previously undetected AF …

Introduction: Cryptogenic stroke accounts for approximately 30% of all ischemic strokes.
Recently, atrial cardiopathy diagnosed by the presence of one of its serum, imaging, or …

Objective To investigate the prevalence and clinical determinants of atrial cardiopathy in
patients with embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS) and compare with other established …

Abstract Purpose of Review Many patients with ischemic stroke have a stroke syndrome and
neuroimaging findings consistent with embolism, but no evidence of atrial fibrillation. Recent …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke are inextricably connected, with classical Virchow
pathophysiology explaining thromboembolism through blood stasis in the fibrillating left …

Background and purpose Left atrial (LA) cardiac disease is a suspected cause of embolic
stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). We tested the hypothesis that LA fibrosis, quantified …

Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Embolic stroke of
undetermined source has been recently proposed to categorize nonlacunar ischemic …

Cryptogenic stroke, or stroke of undetermined cause, presents a remarkably challenging
dilemma for the treating physician as there are limited therapeutic options to prevent …

Background: Patients who had a cryptogenic stroke (CS) suspected to be causally related to
a patent foramen ovale (PFO) are candidates for percutaneous PFO closure. In such …

Background: In the last years, several studies were conducted that evaluated biomarkers
that could be helpful for cardioembolic stroke diagnosis, prognosis, and the determination of …