Serdar Tütüncü, Manuel C Olma, Claudia Kunze, Joanna Dietzel, Johannes Schurig, Michael Rosenkranz, Robert Stingele, Matthias Maschke, Peter U Heuschmann, Paulus Kirchhof, Ulrich Laufs, Darius G Nabavi, Joachim Röther, Götz Thomalla, Roland Veltkamp, Matthias Endres, Karl Georg Haeusler
Heart failure (HF) is associated with poor outcome after stroke, but data from large prospective trials are sparse.We assessed the impact of HF on clinical endpoints in patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) enrolled in the prospective, multicenter Systematic Monitoring for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (MonDAFIS) trial. HF was defined as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 55% or a history of HF on admission...
April 15, 2024: Internal and Emergency Medicine