Atrial fibrillation, not atrial cardiopathy, is associated with stroke: A single center retrospective study

Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of thromboembolism. Atrial cardiopathy, defined as structural left atrial enlargement (LAE), has been proposed to be a unifying risk factor for stroke, with or without atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to understand the relative importance of LAE and AF as risk factors for stroke.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - May 14, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Muhammad Affan, Abhimanyu Mahajan, Sumul Modi, Lonni Schultz, Angelos Katramados, Stephan A. Mayer, Daniel Miller Source Type: research