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Cerebral microbleeds and intracranial haemorrhage risk in patients anticoagulated for atrial fibrillation after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (CROMIS-2): a multicentre observational cohort study
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02513316. Findings Between Aug 4, 2011, and July 31, 2015, we recruited 1490 participants of whom follow-up data were available for 1447 (97%), over a mean period of 850 days (SD 373; 3366 patient-years). The symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage rate in patients with cerebral microbleeds was 9·8 per 1000 patient-years (95% CI 4·0–20·3) compared with 2·6 per 1000 patient-years (95% CI 1·1–5·4) in those without cerebral microbleeds (adjusted hazard ratio 3·67, 95% CI 1·27–10·60). Compared with the HAS-BLED score alone (C-index 0·41, 95% CI 0·29–0Â...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - May 16, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Holter-electrocardiogram-monitoring in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (Find-AFRANDOMISED): an open-label randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 8 February 2017 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Rolf Wachter, Klaus Gröschel, Götz Gelbrich, Gerhard F Hamann, Pawel Kermer, Jan Liman, Joachim Seegers, Katrin Wasser, Anna Schulte, Falko Jürries, Anna Messerschmid, Nico Behnke, Sonja Gröschel, Timo Uphaus, Anne Grings, Tugba Ibis, Sven Klimpe, Michaela Wagner-Heck, Magdalena Arnold, Evgeny Protsenko, Peter U Heuschmann, David Conen, Mark Weber-Krüger Background Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for recurrent ischaemic stroke, but often remains undiagnosed in patients who have had an acute ischaemic stroke. Enhanced ...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - February 7, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Incidence, outcome, risk factors, and long-term prognosis of cryptogenic transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke: a population-based study
Publication date: Available online 27 July 2015 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Linxin Li, Gabriel S Yiin, Olivia C Geraghty, Ursula G Schulz, Wilhelm Kuker, Ziyah Mehta, Peter M Rothwell Background A third of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) and ischaemic strokes are of undetermined cause (ie, cryptogenic), potentially undermining secondary prevention. If these events are due to occult atheroma, the risk-factor profile and coronary prognosis should resemble that of overt large artery events. If they have a cardioembolic cause, the risk of future cardioembolic events should be increased. We aimed to asses...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - July 28, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Publication date: Available online 4 March 2015 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Luciano A Sposato , Lauren E Cipriano , Gustavo Saposnik , Estefanía Ruíz Vargas , Patricia M Riccio , Vladimir Hachinski Background Among patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke is highest for those with a history of stroke; however, oral anticoagulants can lower the risk of recurrent stroke by two-thirds. No consensus has been reached about how atrial fibrillation should be investigated in patients with stroke, and its prevalence after a stroke remains uncertain. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimat...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - March 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research