Is moderate to severe left atrial enlargement an independent marker of recurrent cardioembolic or cryptogenic stroke in ischemic stroke patients?
Moderate to severe left atrial enlargement identifies ischemic stroke patients at higher risk for recurrent cardioembolic or cryptogenic stroke.
Moderate to severe LAE was an independent marker of recurrent cardioembolic or cryptogenic stroke in a multiethnic cohort of ischemic stroke patients. Further research is needed to determine whether anticoagulant use may reduce risk of recurrence in ischemic stroke patients with moderate to severe LAE.
Yaghi et al. (2015) studied this question.
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