Cryptogenic Stroke As a Working Diagnosis: the Need for an Early and Comprehensive Diagnostic Work-up

Overview

Journal BMC Neurol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Neurology

Date 2023 Apr 14

PMID 37060045

Authors

Maurizio Acampa

Pietro Enea Lazzerini

Simona Lattanzi

Marta Rubiera

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Abstract

In the Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) study, the causes of ischemic stroke were identified in 43% of cryptogenic stroke patients monitored with implantable cardiac monitor (ICM), but one-third of these patients had non-cardioembolic causes. These results suggest the need for an early and comprehensive diagnostic work-up before inserting an ICM.

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