Prevalence of markers of atrial cardiomyopathy in embolic stroke of undetermined source: A systematic review

CONCLUSIONS: Electrocardiographic, echocardiographic markers and advanced imaging modalities able to assess the morphologic characteristics of left atrial appendage and left atrial function may be important tools to discriminate AC among ESUS vs NCE stroke patients. Prospective studies exploring the association of potential AC markers with ESUS occurrence are warranted to validate their clinical utility.PMID:35065879 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejim.2022.01.024

Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - January 23, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Nikolaos Stalikas Ioannis Doundoulakis Efstratios Karagiannidis Anastasios Kartas Maria Gavriilaki George Sofidis Eleftherios Panteris Andreas S Papazoglou Anna-Bettina Haidich Georgios Sianos George Giannakoulas Source Type: research