TY - JOUR AU - Lindow, Thomas AU - Baranchuk, Adrian PY - 2018 TI - Interatrial block and ischemic stroke JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 12 (December 30, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Cardiac embolism is a common cause of ischemic stroke. Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be detected in nearly 25% of all patients with stroke by sequentially combining different electrocardiographic methods (1). Advanced IAB (aIAB) has been described to predict occurrence of new onset and recurrent AF (2). We describe a case of a patient in whom detection of atypical aIAB motivated extended cardiac monitoring resulting in the diagnosis of paroxysmal AF and a subsequent decision on full oral anticoagulation strategy. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/25150