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Cryptogenic stroke and atrial fibrillation in a real-world population: the role of insertable cardiac monitors
2020
AbstractThe incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients has been studied in carefully controlled clinical trials, but real-world data are limited. We investigated the incidence of AF in clinical practice among CS patients with an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) placed for AF detection. Patients with CS admitted to our Stroke Unit were included in the study; they received an ICM and were monitored for up to 3 years for AF detection. All detected AF episodes of at least 120 sec were considered. From March 2016 to March 2019, 58 patients (mean age 68.1 ± 9.3 years, 67% male) received an ICM to detect AF after a CS. No patients were lost to follow-up. AF was detec…
Letter by Wachter et al regarding article, "occult atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke: detection by 7-day electrocardiogram versus implantable…
2013
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article of Ritter et al,1 which nicely demonstrates that the prolongation of ECG monitoring time increases the detection rate of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in stroke patients, a result that is in concordance with existing literature. One aspect especially drawn to our attention was the lower yield of the Holter monitoring during simultaneous ECG recording as compared with the implantable loop recorder (ILR). ILRs only store automatically triggered episodes and can detect only atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes of ≥2 minutes, whereas Holter ECGs store (usually semiautomatically analyzed) continuous recordings and …