Cardioembolic Stroke

Intensive BP lowering after successful endovascular thrombectomy for acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke did not improve 90-day functional outcomes vs. standard BP control, a speaker reported.

Atrial fibrillation alone with no other CV comorbidities conferred no greater risk for stroke compared with patients with neither AF nor CV comorbidities.

Patients with atrial fibrillation may have significantly greater risk for ischemic stroke if they have a sibling who had a stroke, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

According to new data from the COMPASS trial, patients with systemic atherosclerosis assigned low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin had reduced risk for cardioembolic stroke and embolic stroke of undetermined origin compared with patients assigned aspirin alone.