A 58-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes presents with acute left-sided weakness and speech difficulty. MRI brain shows an acute infarct in the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. Which feature best distinguishes cardioembolic stroke from atherothrombotic stroke in this patient?

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