Prolonged cardiac monitoring for stroke prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled clinical trials.

Georgios K Tsivgoulis Lina PalaiodimouSokratis TriantafyllouMartin KöhrmannPolychronis DilaverisKonstantinos TsioufisGkikas MagiorkinisChristos KrogiasPeter D SchellingerValeria CasoMaurizio PaciaroniMukul SharmaRobin LemmensDavid J GladstoneTommaso SannaRolf WachterGerasimos FilippatosAristeidis H Katsanos

Published in: European stroke journal (2022)

PCM may represent an effective stroke prevention strategy in selected patients. Additional RCTs are warranted to validate the robustness of the reported associations.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
double blind
open label
prognostic factors
phase iii
phase ii
heart failure
left ventricular
placebo controlled
patient reported