Normal left atrial diameter is associated with better performance on a cognitive screener among a cohort of ischemic stroke patients.

Background: Cardiac structure is an important determinant of ischemic stroke (IS) etiology; however, whether an association between cardiac structural markers and cognition post-IS exists is not yet established. The aim of this study is to examine the association between LAD and LVEF with cognitive performance among IS patients.

Methods: IS patients admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital (2017-2019) underwent transthoracic echocardiography.

Atrial cardiopathy is associated with cerebral microbleeds in ischemic stroke patients.

Objective: Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) are small accumulations of hemosiderin associated with cerebrovascular risk factors, but whether they are associated with atrial cardiopathy is not known. The goal of this study is to determine, among ischemic stroke patients, the association between study-defined atrial cardiopathy and CMB presence, location, and number.

Methods: Ischemic stroke patients admitted to Johns Hopkins (2015-2019) with transthoracic echocardiography and electrocardiography were included.