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 4

Association between embolic stroke patterns and long-term diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (baseline ECG to 12-month follow-up) ().

Embolic stroke patternLong-term AF ()Non-long-term AF ()OR (95% CI) value

Multiple acute infarcts (, %)11 (39.3)46 (46.5)0.75 (0.32–1.75)0.501
Simultaneous involvement of different circulations (, %)10 (35.7)37 (37.4)0.93 (0.39–2.23)0.872
Multiple infarcts of different ages (, %)8 (28.6)29 (29.3)0.97 (0.38–2.44)0.941
Isolated cortical ischemia (, %)4 (14.3)11 (11.1)1.33 (0.39–4.56)0.647
At least one embolic stroke pattern (, %)13 (46.4)54 (54.5)0.72 (0.31–1.68)0.448

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.