Atrial Fibrillation Risk and Discrimination of Cardioembolic From Noncardioembolic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose- Classification of stroke as cardioembolic in etiology can be challenging, particularly since the predominant cause, atrial fibrillation (AF), may not be present at the time of stroke. Efficient tools that discriminate cardioembolic from noncardioembolic strokes may improve care as anticoagulation is frequently indicated after cardioembolism. We sought to assess and quantify the discriminative power of AF risk as a classifier for cardioembolism in a real-world population of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Methods- We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a multi-institutional sample of patients with acute ischemic stroke. We systematically adjudicated stroke subtype and examined associations between AF risk using CHA₂DS₂-VASc, Cohorts for

SUBMITTER: Khurshid S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature