Letter by Cao et al Regarding Article, “Prevalence of Microembolic Signals in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source and Other Subtypes of Ischemic Stroke”

Response to letter regarding article, "Embolic stroke of undetermined source in the athens stroke registry: a descriptive analysis".

As it is mentioned in our article, 142 (51.6%) patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS) had a 24-hour ambulatory Holter monitoring, whereas 195 (70.9%) ESUS patients had continuous electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring for 1 week or until discharge from the stroke unit. For the latter patients, continuous ECG monitoring was observed by the trained nurse personnel of the acute ...

Letter by Scheitz et al regarding article, "Intravenous thrombolysis in nonagenarians with ischemic stroke".

Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

In 2014, the clinical construct of “embolic stroke of undetermined source” (ESUS) was introduced to identify patients with nonlacunar cryptogenic ischemic strokes in whom embolism was the likely stroke mechanism. It was hypothesized that anticoagulants might be more efficacious than antiplatelet agents for secondary stroke prevention in ESUS patients. At the time of the original publication, li...

Response to Letter by D'Anna et al regarding article, "Long-term mortality in patients with stroke of undetermined etiology".

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The determination of stroke etiology is essential for planning treatment for stroke prevention. However, the etiology of stroke is undetermined in many patients. METHODS During a 10-year period, consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled. The stroke etiology was determined based on the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment classification. Long-...

Letter by Olie et al regarding article, "dietary flavonoids and risk of stroke in women".