Risk Stratification for Recurrence and Mortality in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

George Ntaios1, Konstantinos Vemmos2, Gregory Y H Lip2

  • 1From the Department of Medicine, Larissa University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., V.P.); Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Greece (K.V., E.K., E.M., A.V.); University of Birmingham Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, United Kingdom (G.Y.H.L.); Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital del Mar, Neurovascular Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (A.R.-C., E.C.-G., E.G.-S.); Stroke Unit, University of Perugia, Italy (V.A., V.C., M.P.); Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, La Paz University Hospital - Autónoma University of Madrid, IdiPAZ Health Research Institute, Spain (E.D.-T., B.F., J.P.L.); Stroke Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico (A.A.); Department of Neurology, Institute for Neurological Research, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina (S.F.A., M.A.H., L.P., M.G.-S.); Department of Neurology, San Paolo Hospital, Savona, Italy (F.B.); Vascular Neurology Section, Stroke Center, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, IiSGM Health Research Institute, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (B.C.C., A.M.I.M; A.G.P., A.G.-N.); Department of Neurology, Helsinki university Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., T.T.); Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (T.T.); Department of Neurosciences, Hospital Dr. Rafael A. Calderón Guardia, CCSS, University of Costa Rica (M.A.B.); and Stroke Service, Department of Neurosciences, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Medical School, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (V.P.). gntaios@med.uth.gr.

Stroke
|August 11, 2016
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