Early recurrence in paroxysmal versus sustained atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Maurizio PaciaroniFilippo AngeliniGiancarlo AgnelliGeorgios TsivgoulisKaren L FuriePrasanna TadiCecilia BecattiniNicola FalocciMarialuisa ZeddeAzmil H Abdul-RahimKennedy R LeesAndrea AlbertiMichele VentiMonica AcciarresiRiccardo AltavillaCataldo D'AmoreMaria G MosconiLudovica A CiminiPaolo BoviMonica CarlettiAlberto RigatelliManuel CappellariJukka PutaalaLiisa TomppoTurgut TatlisumakFabio BandiniSimona MarcheselliAlessandro PezziniLoris PoliAlessandro PadovaniLuca MasottiVieri VannucchiSung-Il SohnGianni LorenziniRossana TassiFrancesca GuideriMaurizio AcampaGiuseppe MartiniGeorge NtaiosEfstathia KaragkioziGeorge AthanasakisKostantinos MakaritsisKostantinos VadikoliasChrysoula LiantiniotiMaria ChondrogianniNicola MumoliDomenico ConsoliFranco GalatiSimona SaccoAntonio CaroleiCindy TiseoFrancesco CoreaWalter AgenoMarta BellesiniGiorgio SilvestrelliAlfonso CicconeUmberto ScodittiLicia DentiMichelangelo MancusoMiriam MaccarroneGiovanni OrlandiNicola GianniniGino GialdiniTiziana TassinariMaria Luisa De LodoviciGiorgio BonoChristina RueckertAntonio BaldiDanilo ToniFederica LetteriMartina GiuntiniEnrico M LottiYuriy FlominAlessio PieroniOdysseas KargiotisTheodore KarapanayiotidesSerena MonacoMario M BaronelloLaszló CsibaLilla SzabóAlberto ChitiElisa GiorliMassimo Del SetteDavide ImbertiDorjan ZabzuniBoris DoroninVera VolodinaPatrik Michel Pd-MerPeter VanackerKristian BarlinnLars P PallesenJessica KepplingerDirk DeleuGayane MelikyanFaisal IbrahimNaveed AkhtarVanessa GourbaliShadi YaghiValeria CasoPublished in: European stroke journal (2018)
After acute ischaemic stroke, patients with sustained atrial fibrillation had a higher rate of early ischaemic recurrence than patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. After adjustment for relevant risk factors, sustained atrial fibrillation was not associated with a significantly higher risk of recurrence, thus suggesting that the risk profile associated with atrial fibrillation, rather than its pattern, is determinant for recurrence.