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Cardiac embolism

MedGen UID:
617831
•Concept ID:
C0442840
•
Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Cardiac embolism (264511000)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Assessment of patients with a suspected cardioembolic ischemic stroke. A national consensus statement.
Aplin M, Andersen A, Brandes A, Dominguez H, Dahl JS, Damgaard D, Iversen HK, Iversen KK, Nielsen E, Risum N, Schmidt MR, Andersen NH
Scand Cardiovasc J 2021 Oct;55(5):315-325. Epub 2021 Sep 2 doi: 10.1080/14017431.2021.1973085. PMID: 34470566
Skiing Associated Stroke: Causes, Treatment, and Outcome.
Strambo D, Sirimarco G, Inácio N, Eskandari A, Michel P
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2019 Feb;28(2):288-294. Epub 2018 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.09.049. PMID: 30391330
In pursuit of evidence-based treatments for paediatric stroke: the UK and Chest guidelines.
DeVeber G
Lancet Neurol 2005 Jul;4(7):432-6. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70120-4. PMID: 15963446

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Microembolism and Other Links Between Migraine and Stroke: Clinical and Pathophysiologic Update.
Sacco S, Harriott AM, Ayata C, Ornello R, Bagur R, Jimenez-Ruiz A, Sposato LA
Neurology 2023 Apr 11;100(15):716-726. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201699. PMID: 36522158Free PMC Article
Neurological complications of heart failure.
Massaro AR
Handb Clin Neurol 2021;177:77-89. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819814-8.00005-6. PMID: 33632459
Cardioembolic Stroke.
Kamel H, Healey JS
Circ Res 2017 Feb 3;120(3):514-526. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308407. PMID: 28154101Free PMC Article
Role of echocardiography in patients with stroke.
Nakanishi K, Homma S
J Cardiol 2016 Aug;68(2):91-9. Epub 2016 May 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2016.05.001. PMID: 27256218
Management of cryptogenic stroke.
Finsterer J
Acta Neurol Belg 2010 Jun;110(2):135-47. PMID: 20873443

Diagnosis

Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Rossi UG, Ierardi AM, Cariati M
Acta Neurol Taiwan 2019 Sep 15;28(3):84-85. PMID: 32002979
Cardioembolic Stroke.
Kamel H, Healey JS
Circ Res 2017 Feb 3;120(3):514-526. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308407. PMID: 28154101Free PMC Article
Role of echocardiography in patients with stroke.
Nakanishi K, Homma S
J Cardiol 2016 Aug;68(2):91-9. Epub 2016 May 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2016.05.001. PMID: 27256218
Management of cryptogenic stroke.
Finsterer J
Acta Neurol Belg 2010 Jun;110(2):135-47. PMID: 20873443
Transesophageal echocardiography and stroke.
Woods TD
Curr Atheroscler Rep 2005 Jul;7(4):255-62. doi: 10.1007/s11883-005-0016-2. PMID: 15975317

Therapy

Ischaemic stroke despite antiplatelet therapy: Causes and outcomes.
Silimon N, Drop B, Clénin L, Nedeltchev K, Kahles T, Tarnutzer AA, Katan M, Bonati L, Salmen S, Albert S, Salerno A, Carrera E, Berger C, Peters N, Medlin F, Cereda C, Bolognese M, Kägi G, Renaud S, Niederhauser J, Bonvin C, Schärer M, Mono ML, Luft A, Rodic-Tatic B, Fischer U, Jung S, Arnold M, Meinel T, Seiffge D
Eur Stroke J 2023 Sep;8(3):692-702. Epub 2023 May 24 doi: 10.1177/23969873231174942. PMID: 37622482Free PMC Article
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Looking Forward.
Katsanos AH, Kamel H, Healey JS, Hart RG
Circulation 2020 Dec 15;142(24):2371-2388. Epub 2020 Dec 14 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049768. PMID: 33315494
Cardioembolic Stroke.
Kamel H, Healey JS
Circ Res 2017 Feb 3;120(3):514-526. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308407. PMID: 28154101Free PMC Article
Mechanisms of cardioembolic stroke.
Di Tullio MR, Homma S
Curr Cardiol Rep 2002 Mar;4(2):141-8. doi: 10.1007/s11886-002-0027-3. PMID: 11827638
Diabetes and stroke.
Biller J, Love BB
Med Clin North Am 1993 Jan;77(1):95-110. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30274-7. PMID: 8419726

Prognosis

Microembolism and Other Links Between Migraine and Stroke: Clinical and Pathophysiologic Update.
Sacco S, Harriott AM, Ayata C, Ornello R, Bagur R, Jimenez-Ruiz A, Sposato LA
Neurology 2023 Apr 11;100(15):716-726. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201699. PMID: 36522158Free PMC Article
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Looking Forward.
Katsanos AH, Kamel H, Healey JS, Hart RG
Circulation 2020 Dec 15;142(24):2371-2388. Epub 2020 Dec 14 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049768. PMID: 33315494
Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Rossi UG, Ierardi AM, Cariati M
Acta Neurol Taiwan 2019 Sep 15;28(3):84-85. PMID: 32002979
Management of cryptogenic stroke.
Finsterer J
Acta Neurol Belg 2010 Jun;110(2):135-47. PMID: 20873443
Left ventricular non-compaction and its cardiac and neurologic implications.
Finsterer J
Heart Fail Rev 2010 Nov;15(6):589-603. doi: 10.1007/s10741-010-9175-5. PMID: 20549343

Clinical prediction guides

Ischaemic stroke despite antiplatelet therapy: Causes and outcomes.
Silimon N, Drop B, Clénin L, Nedeltchev K, Kahles T, Tarnutzer AA, Katan M, Bonati L, Salmen S, Albert S, Salerno A, Carrera E, Berger C, Peters N, Medlin F, Cereda C, Bolognese M, Kägi G, Renaud S, Niederhauser J, Bonvin C, Schärer M, Mono ML, Luft A, Rodic-Tatic B, Fischer U, Jung S, Arnold M, Meinel T, Seiffge D
Eur Stroke J 2023 Sep;8(3):692-702. Epub 2023 May 24 doi: 10.1177/23969873231174942. PMID: 37622482Free PMC Article
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Looking Forward.
Katsanos AH, Kamel H, Healey JS, Hart RG
Circulation 2020 Dec 15;142(24):2371-2388. Epub 2020 Dec 14 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049768. PMID: 33315494
Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms in Ischemic Stroke: Focus on Cardioembolic Stroke, Background, and Therapeutic Approaches.
Maida CD, Norrito RL, Daidone M, Tuttolomondo A, Pinto A
Int J Mol Sci 2020 Sep 4;21(18) doi: 10.3390/ijms21186454. PMID: 32899616Free PMC Article
Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Rossi UG, Ierardi AM, Cariati M
Acta Neurol Taiwan 2019 Sep 15;28(3):84-85. PMID: 32002979
Stroke and Fabry disease.
Viana-Baptista M
J Neurol 2012 Jun;259(6):1019-28. Epub 2011 Oct 27 doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6278-4. PMID: 22037950

Recent systematic reviews

Very short paroxysms account for more than half of the cases of atrial fibrillation detected after stroke and TIA: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sposato LA, Cipriano LE, Riccio PM, Hachinski V, Saposnik G
Int J Stroke 2015 Aug;10(6):801-7. Epub 2015 Jul 6 doi: 10.1111/ijs.12555. PMID: 26148134

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