From Heart to Brain: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cerebral Infarction
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre de Recherche en CardioVasculaire et Nutrition (C2VN), F-13005 Marseille, France
Interests: ischemic stroke; neurology; atrial fibrillation; thrombectomy; stroke thrombolysis; neurological disorders; stroke rehabilitation; cerebral ischemia
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2. Centre de Recherche en CardioVasculaire et Nutrition (C2VN), F-13005 Marseille, France
Interests: cardiac electrophysiology; arrhythmia; defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy; atrial fibrillation; stroke
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ischemic stroke often lies at the crossroads of cardiovascular and neurological diseases. Cardiac conditions such as atrial fibrillation, patent foramen ovale, heart failure, and myocardial infarction are major contributors to ischemic stroke. Many challenges remain in identifying cardioembolic sources of stroke, improving their diagnosis, and defining long-term secondary prevention strategies. Significant advances have been made in cardiology in recent years, enhancing the performance of both morphological and electrophysiological cardiac assessments. Patients who suffer from cerebral infarction should benefit from these developments, and cardio-neurological studies are essential to help integrate them into routine clinical practice.
This Special Issue focuses on the clinical interaction between the heart and the brain in the context of ischemic stroke (and Transient Ischemic Attack). We welcome submissions exploring cardiac sources of embolism, advances in diagnostics and imaging, and their implications for patient management and secondary prevention. Articles addressing risk stratification, post-stroke cardiac monitoring, and multidisciplinary care approaches are particularly encouraged.
Our goal is to support clinicians and researchers in improving outcomes for stroke patients through a better understanding of heart-brain connections.
Prof. Dr. Laurent Suissa
Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Deharo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ischemic stroke
- cardioembolic stroke
- atrial fibrillation
- heart–brain axis
- neurocardiology
- post-stroke cardiac dysfunction
- stroke prevention
- cerebral infarction
- cardiac monitoring in stroke
- secondary stroke prevention
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