cryptogenic stroke
Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (abridged and translated version)
... other competing aetiologies had to have occurred within the last 6 months. Inclusion criterion was a patent for- amen ovale with an atrial septal aneurysm or a large interatrial shunt. The mean patient age was 43.3 years ...
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Mobile phones in cryptogenic strOke patients Bringing sIngle Lead ECGs for Atrial Fibrillation detection (MOBILE AF): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... following cryptogenic stroke and the subsequent risk of recurrent stroke [8, ...ischaemic stroke [2]. More recent trials in patients without prior ischaemic stroke and implanted ...
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Original Article Clinical value of cryptogenic stroke associated with small patent foramen ovale detected jointly by TEE and cTCD
... Abstract: Objective: To observe and evaluate the clinical value of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) com- bined with contrast transcranial Doppler (cTCD) in detecting cryptogenic stroke (CS) associated ...
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Decrease in shunt volume in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale
... The present study demonstrates a decrease in PFO shunt volume over time, with a preference to patients with cryptogenic stroke. As a consequence, prior to PFO closure, a re-examination of patients with ...
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Etiologic workup in cases of cryptogenic stroke: protocol for a systematic review and comparison of international clinical practice guidelines
... ischaemic stroke is not identifiable by existing investigative protocols [8]; this is classed as a cryptogenic stroke or stroke of unknown ...ischaemic stroke as ‘cryptogenic’ is ...
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Percutaneous PFO closure for cryptogenic stroke in the setting of a systematic cardiac and neurological screening and a standardised follow-up protocol
... with cryptogenic stroke, the prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) or small atrial septal defect (ASD) is higher compared with patients presenting with a stroke of known ...higher stroke ...
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Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: diagnosis and updates in secondary stroke prevention
... with cryptogenic stroke, has long generated investigation and debate on its propensity for stroke by paradoxical embolism and its management for stroke ...secondary stroke prevention in ...
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Device closure for patent foramen ovale following cryptogenic stroke: a survey of current practice in the UK
... for cryptogenic stroke remains controversial due to a lack of conclusive randomised controlled ...cardiologists, stroke physicians and neurologists, seeking to determine specialist interpretation of ...
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Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure versus Medical Therapy in Cryptogenic Stroke: An Update Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
... recurrent stroke after PFO device closure when com- pared to medical therapy in patients with cryptogenic stroke [14] ...of stroke in patients with cryptogenic ...
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The Risk of Paradoxical Embolism (RoPE) Study: Developing risk models for application to ongoing randomized trials of percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure for cryptogenic stroke
... non- cryptogenic stroke patients); 2) analyze the PFO-rate in TEE-studied non-cryptogenic stroke patients in compo- nent RoPE studies that included such patients (such as PICSS, which has 365 ...
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Association between excessive premature atrial complexes and cryptogenic stroke: results of a case–control study
... and cryptogenic stroke further impli- cates a risk factor driven atrial substrate abnormality in its ...embolic stroke of undetermined ...with cryptogenic stroke that occur as a result ...
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The Search for Cryptogenic Stroke, A Case of Marantic Endocarditis
... Abstract Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is rare and undoubtedly an under-recognized cause of cryptogenic stroke. Its diagnosis relies on a high index of clinical suspicion, particularly in ...
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Cryptogenic stroke and small fiber neuropathy of unknown etiology in patients with alpha-galactosidase A-10T genotype
... In detail, two patients (#12 and #13) suffered from stroke and three patients (#7, #8, and #10) from TIA (Table 1). In addition to the index patient, skin biopsies of three additional patients (#2, #7, and #11) ...
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Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke
... cardioembolic stroke (including newly diagnosed PAF and CAF) was performed to look for possible clinical similarities and differences between patients with CS with later defined PAF and those presenting as obvious ...
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Comparison of Outcomes after Device Closure and Medication Alone in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale and Cryptogenic Stroke in Korean Population
... with stroke/recurrent TIA and PFO documented on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and no other identifiable cause of the ischemic event, such as no carotid or intracranial artery stenosis, no atrial ...
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Multidisciplinary management of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and cryptogenic stroke/TIA
... ischemic stroke or TIA was made by the stroke team at the neurological or stroke medicine unit of the hospital where the patient had been admitted for an index ...The stroke team consisted of ...
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Clinical Reasoning: An unusual cause of adult cryptogenic ischemic stroke
... embolic stroke that occurred as a result of a cardiac papillary ...of stroke would have been missed. In the setting of a cryptogenic stroke, a cardiac ...
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Clinical Reasoning: A 50-year-old man with “elephantiasis” and headache
... strate a stenosis, a cardiac source was highly suspected. Electrocardiogram and inpatient telemetry showed no evidence of atrial fibrillation. A transtho- racic echocardiogram with agitated saline injection was ...
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Exploratory screening for Fabry’s disease in young adults with cerebrovascular disorders in northern Sardinia
... FD. Stroke is the most frequent, and can develop either as a consequence of cardiac embolism, or due to primary cerebral ...experienced stroke (about, ...first stroke before being diagnosed with FD, ...
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Carotid Bulb Webs as a Cause of “Cryptogenic” Ischemic Stroke
... circulation cryptogenic stroke. Stroke etiology de- termination was modeled after the Causative Classification System, with patients characterized into one of the following cat- egories after ...
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