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Multimodal Assessment of Atrial Cardiomyopathy Identifies a High-Risk Subgroup of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

2026-02-10 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundEmbolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is associated with a high risk of recurrence. However, randomized trials have not shown superiority of anticoagulation over aspirin in unselected patients. Atrial cardiomyopathy (AtCM) may identify a high-risk ESUS phenotype. We investigated whether multimodal AtCM markers distinguish ESUS from controls and predict adverse clinical outcomes. MethodsIn this prospective single-center study, consecutive ESUS patients and age- and sex-matched c...

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