Occult atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke: Detection by 7-day electrocardiogram versus implantable cardiac monitors

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1449-1452

  Ritter, Martin A ^a   Kochhäuser, Simon ^b   Duning, Thomas ^a   Reinke, Florian ^b   Pott, Christian ^b   Dechering, Dirk G ^b   Eckardt, Lars ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 day Holter ECG; implantable cardiac monitor; intermittent atrial fibrillation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; STROKE;

EID: 84876852901     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.676189     Document Type: Article

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