Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5960005 | Heart Rhythm | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Data suggest that silent AF is identified in approximately 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients and has important therapeutic implications. Oral anticoagulation likely should be prescribed when silent AF is detected.
Keywords
mobile cardiac outpatient telemetryOACTIAICMCIEDTEEECGelectrocardiogramTransesophageal echocardiographytransient ischemic attackcardiac implantable electronic deviceImplantable deviceICDAHREStrokeOral anticoagulationAtrial fibrillationinsertable cardiac monitorhazard ratioContinuous monitoringImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator
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Authors
Taya V. MD, FACC, FHRS, Paul D. MS,