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This study was designed to externally validate 7 scoring systems for predicting incident AF in patients with CS\/ESUS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">In this observational study, we analyzed 132 patients with CS or transient ischemic attack who received implantable cardiac monitors. After a comprehensive literature search, 7 prediction models (Coronary Artery Disease or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Hypertension, Elderly, Systolic Heart Failure, Thyroid Disease [C2HEST], Brown ESUS\u2010AF, ESUS\u2010AF, Hypertension, Age, Valvular Heart Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Obesity, Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease [HAVOC], Age, Hypercholesterolemia, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Left Ventricular End\u2010Diastolic Volume, Left Atrium [ACTEL], Age, Stroke Severity, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale &gt;5 to Find Atrial Fibrillation [AS5F], and Coronary, Heart Failure, Age, Stroke Severity, Lipidemia, Sugar, Prior Stroke [CHASE\u2010LESS]) were applied. The primary outcome was the discriminatory ability to detect AF. Secondary outcomes included evaluating the threshold scores and the performance of such threshold\u2010based criteria for predicting nonoccurrence of AF with high specificity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">AF was detected in 40 patients (30.3%) over a mean follow\u2010up of 13\u00b112 months. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves were C2HEST (0.704), Brown ESUS\u2010AF (0.755), AS5F (0.726), ESUS\u2010AF (0.607), HAVOC (0.661), ACTEL (0.650), and CHASE\u2010LESS (0.671). C2HEST, Brown ESUS\u2010AF, and AS5F showed acceptable predictive performance (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve &gt;0.7). Threshold\u2010based criteria using these scores achieved high specificity and positive predictive value. Combining thresholds across scores improved identification of patients unlikely to develop AF.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">C2HEST, Brown ESUS\u2010AF, and AS5F scores reliably predicted AF in patients with CS\/ESUS and may help identify low\u2010risk individuals, supporting more targeted use of diagnostic tools and guiding stroke prevention strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1161\/jaha.125.047601","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T10:33:18Z","timestamp":1782210798000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["External Validation of Published Scoring Systems to Predict Incident Atrial Fibrillation After Cryptogenic Stroke\/Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6642-1682","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gaetano","family":"Pinnacchio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. 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