Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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Screening for subclinical atrial fibrillation after embolic stroke of undetermined source: a single centre experience
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2023
Introduction: Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) describes a stroke for which no cause has been found, which implicates embolism as a cause of stroke. There are several mechanisms of cryptogenic ischemic stroke including a covert structural cardiac lesion, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), hypercoagulable state or undiagnosed malignancy. As…