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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and its role in the investigation of stroke: an update

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Recent advances in complementary diagnostic exams have helped to clarify stroke etiology, not only by helping to confirm established stroke causes but also by unveiling new possible stroke mechanisms. Etiological investigation for cardioembolic stroke has benefited in the last years from information provided by studies analysing serum biomarkers, heart rhythm monitoring and imaging methods like cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. CMR has been particularly important for the characterization of possible new cardioembolic stroke mechanisms including atrial cardiomyopathy, silent myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathies.

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Fonseca, A.C., Ferro, J.M. & Almeida, A.G. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and its role in the investigation of stroke: an update. J Neurol 268, 2597–2604 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10393-6

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