Supraventricular Extrasystoles on Standard 12-lead Electrocardiogram Predict New Incident Atrial Fibrillation after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: The AF-ESUS Study

Background: The diagnosis of covert atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a major challenge to guide secondary prevention of patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). Aims: We analyzed consecutive ESUS patients from 3 prospective stroke registries to assess whether the presence of supraventricular extrasystoles (SVE) on standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is associated with the detection of AF (primary outcome), stroke recurrence and death (secondary outcomes) during follow-up.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: George Ntaios, Kalliopi Perlepe, Dimitrios Lambrou, Gaia Sirimarco, Davide Strambo, Ashraf Eskandari, Efstathia Karagkiozi, Anastasia Vemmou, Eleni Koroboki, Efstathios Manios, Konstantinos Makaritsis, Patrik Michel, Konstantinos Vemmos Source Type: research