welcomes you to the new, improved website!The cause of ischemic stroke remains elusive in up to 20-40% of cases. In patients with cryptogenic stroke, 8.9% of patients with long term monitoring using an insertable cardiac monitor were found to an episode of atrial fibrillation, which may have implications in therapy.
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Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation
Submitted by: Tom C. Nguyen
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
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Author(s): Tommaso Sanna, Hans-Christoph Diener, Rod S. Passman, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Richard A. Bernstein, Carlos A. Morillo, Marilyn Mollman Rymer, Vincent Thijs, Tyson Rogers, Frank Beckers, Kate Lindborg, and Johannes Brachmann, for the CRYSTAL AF Investigators
