Naga Venkata K Pothineni, Uyanga Batnyam, Hannah Schwennesen, Ann Tierney, Steven R Messé, Brett Cucchiara, Todd B Mendelson, Jeffrey J Luebbert, Wei Yang, Ramanan Kumareswaran, Matthew C Hyman, David Lin, Sanjay Dixit, Andrew E Epstein, Jeffrey S Arkles, Saman Nazarian, Robert D Schaller, Gregory E Supple, David Callans, Amaryah Yaeger, David S Frankel, Pasquale Santangeli, Scott E Kasner, Francis E Marchlinski, Rajat Deo
BACKGROUND: Long-term rhythm monitoring to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) following a cryptogenic stroke (CS) is well established. However, the burden of organized atrial arrhythmias in this population is not well defined. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and risk factors for organized atrial arrhythmias in patients with CS. METHODS: We evaluated all patients with CS who received an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) between October 2014 and April 2020...
January 2024: Heart rhythm O2