Predictors of atrial fibrillation after embolic stroke of undetermined source in patients with implantable loop recorders.
Fabienne KreimerAssem AweimerIbrahim El-BattrawyAdnan LabediRuth SchneiderArash HaghikiaAndreas MüggeMichael GotzmannPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2024)
AF was detected in about one in four patients after ESUS in this study. A comprehensive evaluation involving multiple parameters and the existence of multiple risk factors yields the highest predictive accuracy for detecting AF in patients with ESUS.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- ejection fraction
- left atrial appendage
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- transcription factor
- mitral valve
- venous thromboembolism