Research Article

Association between Embolic Stroke Patterns, ESUS Etiology, and New Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Find-AF Trial

Table 2

Association between embolic stroke patterns and the diagnosis of embolic stroke of undetermined source at baseline ().

Embolic stroke patternESUS () No-ESUS ()OR (95% CI) value

Multiple acute infarcts (, %)11 (42.3)46 (45.5)0.88 (0.37–2.10)0.767
Simultaneous involvement of different circulations (, %)8 (30.8)39 (38.6)0.71 (0.28–1.78)0.461
Multiple infarcts of different ages (, %)11 (42.3)26 (25.7)2.11 (0.86–5.18)0.102
Isolated cortical ischemia (, %)4 (15.4)11 (10.9)1.49 (0.43–5.12)0.529
At least one embolic stroke pattern (, %)16 (61.5)51 (50.5)1.57 (0.65–3.79)0.317

ESUS: embolic stroke of undetermined source; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.