Sonographic assessment of the vagus nerve in stroke patients with and without atrial fibrillatio

Recruiting

• Conditions: I48.9; I63.9; Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, unspecified; Cerebral infarction, unspecified

• Registration Number: DRKS00028145
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Group I: Stroke patients with known atrial fibrillation (AF)
Group II: Patients with an acute cerebral infarction without evidence of
Atrial fibrillation (AF) im
- Recording ECG
- In the monitoring phase (24 to 72 hours)
- in the 24-hour ECG.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients unable to consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stroke patients will be examined by ultrasound of the vagus nerve to detect if there is an atrophy or not in patients known to have atrial fibrillation and patients who don't. <br>We examine if we could correlate between vagus nerve size examined by ultrasound and the presence of atrial fibrillation in stroke patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
If changes of the vagus nerve size like area in the ultrasound is related to other risk factors than atrial fibrillation.