Continuous stroke unit electrocardiographic monitoring versus 24-hour holter electrocardiography for detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2689-2694

  Rizos, Timolaos ^a   Güntner, Janina ^a   Jenetzky, Ekkehart ^b   Marquardt, Lars ^a,c   Reichardt, Christine ^a   Becker, Rüdiger ^a   Reinhardt, Roland ^d   Hepp, Thomas ^d   Kirchhof, Paulus ^e,f   Aleynichenko, Elena ^g   Ringleb, Peter ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a   Veltkamp, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Apoplex Medical Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f German Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET)   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; atrial fibrillation; ECG; Holter ECG; stroke unit; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866734710     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.654954     Document Type: Article

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