Risk Stratification for Recurrence and Mortality in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke/TIA and death in ESUS is reliably stratified by CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores. Compared with the low-risk group, patients in the high-risk CHA2DS2-VASc group have much higher risk of ischemic stroke recurrence/TIA and death, approximately 3-fold and 13-fold, respectively.

Source: Stroke - August 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Ntaios, G., Vemmos, K., Lip, G. Y. H., Koroboki, E., Manios, E., Vemmou, A., Rodriguez-Campello, A., Cuadrado-Godia, E., Giralt-Steinhauer, E., Arnao, V., Caso, V., Paciaroni, M., Diez-Tejedor, E., Fuentes, B., Perez Lucas, J., Arauz, A., Ameriso, S. F., Tags: Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research