P-Wave Morphology and the Risk of Incident Ischemic Stroke in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [Brief Reports]

Conclusions—
We found an association between baseline P-wave morphology and incident stroke even after accounting for AF. This association may reflect an atrial cardiopathy that leads to stroke in the absence of AF.

Source: Stroke - August 25, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Kamel, H., Soliman, E. Z., Heckbert, S. R., Kronmal, R. A., Longstreth, W. T., Nazarian, S., Okin, P. M. Tags: Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Electrocardiology, Arrhythmias, clinical electrophysiology, drugs, Embolic stroke, Risk Factors for Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research