Risk of recurrent ischemic stroke in young cryptogenic patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source

Elderly cryptogenic ischemic stroke (IS) patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) have a high risk of recurrent IS (RIS) compared to other stroke subtypes. In young ESUS patients, different sources of embolism may be a cause and the risk of RIS remains not enough established. The aim was to assess and compare risk of RIS between ESUS and non ESUS patients

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - June 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Daniel Šaňák, Petra Divišová, Martin Hutyra, Michal Král, Andrea Bártková, Jana Zapletalová, Jan Látal, Tomáš Dorňák, Štěpán Hudec, David Franc, Petr Polidar, Tomáš Veverka, Petr Kaňovský Source Type: research