Atrial Imaging and Cardiac Rhythm in Cryptogenic Embolic Stroke: The ARIES Study.
Ricardo RigualSergio Castrejon-CastrejonLucía Fernández-GassóJesús García-CastroJorge Rodríguez-Pardo de DonlebúnMarcel Martínez-CossianiElena de Celis-RuizLaura Casado-FernándezCarlos HervásElisa Alonso-LópezMaria Alonso de LeciñanaExuperio Diez TejedorEsther Pérez DavidGerardo Ruiz-AresJosè Luis MerinoBlanca FuentesPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Patients with cryptogenic stroke showed a high incidence of AF and HBEA. AF is strongly related to LA volume, LA function, and LA reservoir and contraction strain, whereas HBEA showed milder structural changes. Advanced LA echocardiography could help patient selection for long-term ECG monitoring in suspected cardiac sources.