title: Atrial fibrillation. Cryptogenic stroke--can we abandon this apologetic diagnosis?
abstract: Cryptogenic stroke is an apology for ignorance about the cause of ischaemic stroke. Now, in two new studies involving long-term electrocardiogram monitoring, investigators from the EMBRACE and CRYSTAL-AF trials suggest that many instances of cryptogenic stroke might be caused by undetected atrial fibrillation.
authors: Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 ORE, UK.
authors: A John
authors: AJ
authors: Camm
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*