Background and Purpose-The high risk of recurrence and comorbidity after a stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) justifies an aggressive diagnostic approach so that anticoagulant treatment can be initiated. Methods-The clinical and paraclinical characteristics of consecutive ischemic stroke patients with and without documented AF were recorded. Independent predictive factors were then used to produce a predictive grading score for diagnosing AF, derived by logistic regression analysis: Score for the Targeting of Atrial Fibrillation (STAF). Results-STAF, calculated from the sum of the points for the 4 items (possible total score 0 to 8): age Ͼ62 years (2 points); NIHSS Ն8 (1 point); left atrial dilatation (2 points); absence of symptomatic intraor extracranial stenosis Ն50%, or clinico-radiological lacunar syndrome (3 points). STAF Ն5 identified patients with AF with a sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 88%. Conclusions-STAF

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Compared with CMR, RT3DE is accurate for evaluation of EF and feasible in all our heart failure patients, at the expense of a significant underestimation of LV volumes, particularly when LVEDV is above 120 mL/m(2) .

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