Predictors of Occult Atrial Fibrillation in One Hundred Seventy-One Patients with Cryptogenic Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke.

Background And Objective: Recent randomized studies have shown the potential of prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring to detect silent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Our aim was to identify clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) factors that predict the detection of PAF during long-duration rhythm cardiac Holter (LDRCH) monitoring.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed using data from 171 patients with cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack who underwent LDRCH monitoring (i.

Lysergic acid amide-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with status epilepticus.

Introduction: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is known to occur in association with several substances. However, lysergic acid amide (LSA) is not among the previously reported causes of PRES.

Methods: We report on a patient with PRES presenting as convulsive status epilepticus associated with hypertensive encephalopathy after LSA ingestion.