Incidence of Newly Detected Atrial Arrhythmias Through Implantable Devices in Patients With a History of Thromboembolic Events | Zendy

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Incidence of Newly Detected Atrial Arrhythmias Through Implantable Devices in Patients With a History of Thromboembolic Events

Author(s) -

Joshua Z. Willey

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.584250

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , heart rhythm , implantable loop recorder , embolic stroke , thromboembolic stroke , ischemic stroke , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering , ischemia

To the Editor:I read the article by Ziegler et al,1 and their results are an important addition to the literature on the high detection rate of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with cryptogenic stroke. I have some concern, however, about some of the definitions the authors used, particularly on the duration of AF. The authors cite a report from the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)2 about the definition of AF being >30 seconds as …

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