Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Epidemiology, Screening, and Prognosis.

ABSTRACT: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrythmia and one of the strongest risk factors and causal mechanisms of ischemic stroke (IS). Acute IS due to AF tends to be more severe than with other etiology of IS and patients with treated AF have reported to experience worse outcomes after endovascular treatment compared with patients without AF. As cardioembolism accounts for more than a fifth of ISs and the risk of future stroke can be mitigated with effective anticoagulation, which has been shown to be effective and safe in patients with paroxysmal or sustained AF, the screening of patients with cryptogenic IS (CIS) for AF is paramount. Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is a subtype of CIS with a high likelihood of cardioembolism. The European Stroke Organization an

SUBMITTER: Suomalainen OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10779359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature