Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Cohort Study [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Ischemic stroke was associated with a substantially increased risk of incident AF, particularly among individuals with higher CHADS2 or CHA2DS2-VASc scores. These risk scores seem to be simple tools for identifying patients at higher risk of incident AF after ischemic stroke.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/46/9/2432?rss=1

Source: Stroke - August 24, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Fauchier, L., Clementy, N., Pelade, C., Collignon, C., Nicolle, E., Lip, G. Y. H. Tags: Arrhythmias, clinical electrophysiology, drugs, Embolic stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research