Cryptogenic stroke is an apology for ignorance about the cause of ischaemic stroke. Now, in two new studies involving long-term electrocardiogram monitoring, investigators from the EMBRACE and CRYSTAL-AF trials suggest that many instances of cryptogenic stroke might be caused by undetected atrial fibrillation.
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Camm, A. Cryptogenic stroke—can we abandon this apologetic diagnosis?. Nat Rev Cardiol 11, 504–505 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2014.111
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