Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source.

Robert G Hart¹, Mukul Sharma¹, Hardi Mundl¹+47

• ¹From the Departments of Medicine-Neurology (R.G.H., M.S., A.S.), Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (S.I.B.), Pathology and Molecular Medicine (G. Pare), and Medicine-Cardiology (S.J.C.), Population Health Research Institute (B.S., P.S., E.T.), and the Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute and McMaster University (J.I.W.), Hamilton, ON, the Vancouver Stroke Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (O.R.B.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto (C.J.) - all in Canada; Bayer, Wuppertal (H.M.), Klinik für Neurologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin (M.E.), and Bayer (B.K.), Berlin, and Bayer, Leverkusen (C.P.) - all in Germany; the Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (S.E.K.), and Janssen Research and Development, Spring House (G. Peters) - both in Pennsylvania; Bayer U.S., Pharmaceuticals Clinical Development Thrombosis, Whippany, NJ (S.D.B.); Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile (P.L.); the Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing (Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang); Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (A.D.); Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow (N.S.); International Clinical Research Center and Neurology Department, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic (R.M.); Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (L.C.); the Department of Clinical Sciences (Neurology), Lund University, and the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund (A.L.), and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience-Neurology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (T.T.) - all in Sweden; Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Mexico City (A.A.); Hospital St. John of God, Sigmund Freud Private University, Medical Faculty, Vienna (W.L.); the 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (A.C.); the Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (J.E.); Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo (R.J.G.); Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bichat Hospital, Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Paris (P.A.); Institute for Neurological Research-Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia, Buenos Aires (S.F.A.); the Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki (T.T.); Imperial College London, London (R.V.); Medical School, University of Western Australia, and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia (G.J.H.); the Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome (D.T.); the Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (D.B.); International University of Health and Welfare, Sanno Hospital and Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo (S.U.); the Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N.); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (B.-W.Y.); the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (R.B.); the Department of Neurology, ZorgSaam Hospital, Terneuzen, the Netherlands (R.B.); Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.W.M.); Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem (N.B.); the Department of Neurology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey (S.O.); Health Research Board Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland, Galway (M.J.O.); Tiervlei Trial Centre and Head of Internal Medicine Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, South Africa (M.M.D.V.B.); and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (W.F.P.).