TY - JOUR
T1 - Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
AU - Essa, Hani
AU - Hill, Andrew M
AU - Lip, Gregory Y H
N1 - Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrythmia and a major cause of stroke, heart failure, sudden death, and cardiovascular morbidity. AF increases risk of thromboembolic stroke via stasis in the left atrium and subsequent embolization to the brain. In patients with acute ischemic stroke, it is essential that clinicians undertake careful investigation to search for AF. In these patients, up to 23.7% eventually are found to have underlying AF. Oral anticoagulation is effective in prevention of strokes secondary to AF, reducing overall stroke numbers by approximately 64%. Left atrial appendage occlusion is promising for prevention of stroke in AF.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrythmia and a major cause of stroke, heart failure, sudden death, and cardiovascular morbidity. AF increases risk of thromboembolic stroke via stasis in the left atrium and subsequent embolization to the brain. In patients with acute ischemic stroke, it is essential that clinicians undertake careful investigation to search for AF. In these patients, up to 23.7% eventually are found to have underlying AF. Oral anticoagulation is effective in prevention of strokes secondary to AF, reducing overall stroke numbers by approximately 64%. Left atrial appendage occlusion is promising for prevention of stroke in AF.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.11.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33516402
SN - 1877-9182
VL - 13
SP - 243
EP - 255
JO - Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
JF - Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
IS - 1
ER -