Stroke patients with atrial fibrillation have a worse prognosis than patients without: data from the Austrian Stroke registry.

Aims: Stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a poorer neurological outcome than stroke patients without AF. Whether stroke patients with AF also have a higher rate of medical complications is unknown. The aim of the study was to compare the in-hospital course of acute stroke patients with and without AF.

Ischemic stroke and splenic rupture in a case of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis.

A 58-year-old man with an acute stroke suffered from splenic rupture. Streptococcus bovis was found in blood cultures, and gram-negative cocci were found in the infarcted spleen. Hemorrhagic transformation of the stroke occurred.