Detection of Atrial Fibrillation After Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
Author(s) -
Brian Mac Grory,
Sean R. Landman,
Paul Ziegler,
Chantal J. Boisvert,
Shane Flood,
Christoph Stretz,
Tracy E. Madsen,
Michael Reznik,
Shawna Cutting,
Elizabeth E. Moore,
Hunter R. Hewitt,
James B Closser,
Jose Torres,
Patrick Lavin,
Karen L. Furie,
Ying Xian,
Wuwei Feng,
Valérie Biousse,
Matthew Schrag,
Shadi Yaghi
Publication year - 2021
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.120.033934
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , central retinal artery occlusion , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , cardiology , comorbidity , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , ophthalmology , retinal , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) causes sudden, irreversible blindness and is a form of acute ischemic stroke. In this study, we sought to determine the proportion of patients in whom atrial fibrillation (AF) is detected by extended cardiac monitoring after CRAO.
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