About the Authors

Antonio Arauz

Affiliation Stroke Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico

Eugenia Morelos

Affiliation Stroke Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico

Jonathan Colín

Affiliation Stroke Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico

Javier Roldán

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico

Miguel A. Barboza

miguel.barboza_e@ucr.ac.cr

Affiliation Stroke Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

Antonio Arauz, MD, PhD is a member of the steering committee of NAVIGATE-ESUS trial, and received speaker fees from Boheringer-Ingelheim, BMS/Pfizer and Bayer. However, the relationship of the author with these companies does not alter the adherence of the group to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AA EM. Data curation: AA MAB. Formal analysis: AA MAB. Investigation: AA EM MAB. Methodology: JC MAB JR EM. Project administration: AA. Resources: JC MAB JR EM. Software: MAB. Supervision: AA. Validation: AA EM MAB. Visualization: AA EM. Writing – original draft: MAB. Writing – review & editing: AA EM JC JR MAB.