Long-term cardiac monitoring after embolic stroke of undetermined source. Search longer – look harder

Ischemic stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome which may result from several causes such as atherosclerosis, small vessel disease and atrial fibrillation.1 Despite an extensive diagnostic work-up during the acute or chronic phase of the ischemic stroke, the cause of ischemic stroke remains unexplained for 20% of patients, termed cryptogenic stroke. 2 3
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research