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Advanced Neurology ESUS, atrial fibrillation, and recurrence

Funding 2022;29(3):393-402.

None. doi: 10.5551/jat.61895
5. Veltkamp R, Pearce LA, Korompoki E, et al. Characteristics
Conflict of interest of recurrent ischemic stroke after embolic stroke of
The authors declare that they have no competing interests. undetermined source: Secondary analysis of a randomized
clinical trial. JAMA Neurol. 2020;77(10):1233-1240.
Author contributions doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1995

Conceptualization: Luca Masotti, Elisa Grifoni, Alessia 6. Leventis I, Perlepe K, Sagris D, et al. Characteristics and
Baglini outcomes of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
Formal analysis: Luca Masotti according to stroke severity. Int J Stroke. 2020;15(8):866-871.
Investigation: All authors doi: 10.1177/1747493020909546
Methodology: Luca Masotti, Elisa Grifoni, Alessia Baglini
Writing – original draft: Luca Masotti 7. Ntaios G, Perlepe K, Lambrou D, et al. Prevalence and
overlap of potential embolic sources in patients with
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Alessia Baglini 2019;8(15):e012858.

Ethics approval and consent to participate doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012858
The study was approved by the Comitato Etico Regionale 8. Ntaios G, Papavasileiou V, Milionis H, et al. Embolic strokes
per la Sperimentazione Clinica della Regione Toscana of undetermined source in the Athens stroke registry: An
Sezione AREA VASTA CENTRO (protocol code: E2AF outcome analysis. Stroke. 2015;46(8):2087-2093.
Study). All patients gave their informed consent to doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009334
participate in this study. 9. Rubiera M, Aires A, Antonenko K, et al. European stroke
organisation (ESO) guideline on screening for subclinical
Consent for publication atrial fibrillation after stroke or transient ischaemic attack of
All patients involved in the study gave their written and/or undetermined origin. Eur Stroke J. 2022;7(3):6.
verbal consent to publish their data. doi: 10.1177/23969873221099478
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Data used are available on a database which can be AF-SCREEN international collaboration. Circulation.
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