Incidence, characteristics and outcomes in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source: A population-based study

Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) represents a subgroup of cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CS) distinguished by high probability of an underlying embolic mechanism. There are scarce population-based data regarding the incidence, characteristics and outcomes of ESUS. Consecutive patients included with first-ever ischemic stroke of undetermined cause in the previously published population-based Evros Stroke Registry were further subdivided into ESUS and non-ESUS CS. Crude and adjusted [according to the European Standard Population (ESP), WHO and Segi population] incidence rates (IR) for ESUS and non-ESUS CS were calculated.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - April 11, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Georgios Tsivgoulis, Odysseas Kargiotis, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, Athanasia Patousi, Dimitris Mavridis, Sofia Tsokani, Maria Pikilidou, Theodosis Birbilis, Michael Mantatzis, Christina Zompola, Sokratis Triantafyllou, Nikolaos Papanas, Panagiotis Skendros, Source Type: research