Stroke Severity and Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation.

ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose: Once a stroke occurs in a patient with atrial fibrillation (AF), it is likely to be severe. Patients with newly diagnosed AF after stroke and those with known AF before stroke have different background characteristics, yet the difference in stroke severity has not been sufficiently evaluated. In the current study, we compared the stroke severity and in-hospital outcomes between these patient groups. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a database of 196 patients with acute ischemic stroke and AF between January 2010 and October 2019. We divided the patients into two groups: patients with "newly diagnosed AF" and those with "known AF." We assessed the stroke severity using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score on admission and in-

SUBMITTER: Watanabe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275857 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature