Detection of previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in patients with stroke risk factors and usefulness of continuous monitoring in primary stroke prevention

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1309-1314

  Ziegler, Paul D ^a   Glotzer, Taya V ^b   Daoud, Emile G ^c   Singer, Daniel E ^d   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^e   Hoyt, Robert H ^f   Koehler, Jodi L ^a   Coles Jr , James ^a   Wyse, D George ^g  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^g LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867395471     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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