Atrial fibrillation and stroke: are we looking in the right direction?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hatem, Stéphane N; Cohen, Ariel
- Source
- Cardiovascular Research. Jan2022, Vol. 118 Issue 1, pe4-e5. 2p.
- Subject
- *ATRIAL fibrillation
*STROKE
*STRESS echocardiography
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Language
- ISSN
- 0008-6363
One important limitation of such a strategy is the difficulty in recording exhaustively the episode of AF - often clinically silent, cryptogenic AF - and hence identify patients at high risk of stroke. Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Stroke; Hypercoagulability; Atherosclerosis; Anticoagulation EN Atrial fibrillation Stroke Hypercoagulability Atherosclerosis Anticoagulation e4 e5 2 01/13/22 20220101 NES 220101 The accepted scenario linking atrial fibrillation (AF) and thromboembolism seems straightforward. [Extracted from the article]