High Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Access to nationwide register data shows that AF is more common among patients with ischemic stroke than those previously reported. Few patients with stroke and AF had anticoagulant treatment before the event, and few got it after the event. CHA2DS2-VASc could be a useful monitoring tool to intensify efforts to diagnose AF among patients with cryptogenic stroke.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Coumarins, Arrhythmias, clinical electrophysiology, drugs, Embolic stroke, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research