Uncovering atrial fibrillation beyond short-term monitoring in cryptogenic stroke patients: Three-year results from the cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation trial

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brachmann, Johannes ^a   Morillo, Carlos A ^b   Sanna, Tommaso ^c   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^d   Diener, Hans Christoph ^e   Bernstein, Richard A ^f   Rymer, Marylin ^g   Ziegler, Paul D ^h   Liu, Shufeng ^h   Passman, Rod S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Departments of Diagnostics and Monitoring Research and Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation arrhythmia; Diagnosis; Electrophysiology; Insertable cardiac monitor; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; CANADA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961287991     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003333     Document Type: Article

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