Elisa Grifoni, Giulia Baldini, Mariella Baldini, Gabriele Pinto, Irene Micheletti, Elisa M Madonia, Eleonora Cosentino, Maria L Bartolozzi, Elisabetta Bertini, Alessandro Dei, Ira Signorini, Sara Giannoni, Attilio Del Rosso, Domenico Prisco, Leonello Guidi, Luca Masotti
BACKGROUND: Subclinical paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the main occult causative mechanisms of embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). Aim of this study was to identify AF predictors, and to develop a score to predict the probability of AF detection in ESUS. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed ESUS patients undergoing 2-week external electrocardiographic monitoring. Patients with and without AF detection were compared. On the basis of multivariate analysis, predictors of AF were identified and used to develop a predictive score, which was then compared with other existing literature scores...
January 1, 2023: Neurologist