The purpose of this document is to update the “2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the
Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” S1. 3-1 (2014 AF Guideline) in areas for which …

Purpose— The aim of this statement is to summarize data on stroke risk factors that are
unique to and more common in women than men and to expand on the data provided in prior …

The recent “Advanced Neuroimaging for Acute Stroke Treatment” meeting on September 7
and 8, 2007 in Washington DC, brought together stroke neurologists, neuroradiologists, …

The aim of this updated statement is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based
recommendations on the prevention of ischemic stroke among survivors of ischemic stroke or …

The aim of this updated guideline is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based
recommendations on the prevention of future stroke among survivors of ischemic stroke or …

Background Despite the use of antiplatelet agents, usually aspirin, in patients who have had
an ischemic stroke, there is still a substantial rate of recurrence. Therefore, we investigated …

Background Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at increased
risk for future cardiovascular events despite current preventive therapies. The identification …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in humans and is
characterized by chaotic electrical activity of the atria 1 . It affects one in ten individuals over the …

Regular, evidence‐based assignment of patients to etiologic stroke categories is essential
to enable valid comparison among studies. We designed an algorithm (SSS‐TOAST) that …

Atrial fibrillation is a highly prevalent arrhythmia and a major risk factor for stroke, heart failure
and death 1 . We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in individuals of …