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 3

Association between embolic stroke patterns and the short-term diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (new atrial fibrillation on baseline ECG or in 7 d Holter) ().

Embolic stroke patternShort-term AF ()Non-short-term AF ()OR (95% CI)-value

Multiple acute infarcts (, %)9 (39.1)48 (46.2)0.75 (0.30–1.89)0.541
Simultaneous involvement of different circulations (, %)8 (34.5)39 (37.5)0.89 (0.35–2.29)0.807
Multiple infarcts of different ages (, %)6 (26.1)31 (29.8)0.83 (0.30–2.31)0.723
Isolated cortical ischemia (, %)3 (13.0)12 (11.5)1.15 (0.30–4.46)0.840
At least one embolic stroke pattern (, %)10 (43.5)57 (54.8)0.64 (0.26–1.58)0.327

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.