Atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and TIA patients in The Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) Study: Main results.
Barbara Ratajczak-TretelA Tancin LambertR Al-AniK ArntzenG K BakkejordHmo BekkesethV BjerkeliG EldøenA GulsvikB HalvorsenG A HøieH Ihle-HansenHaakon Ihle-HansenS IngebrigtsenH JohansenChristine KremerS B KrogsethC KruuseM KurzI NakstadV NovotnyH NæssR QaziM K RezajD M RørholtL H SteffensenJ SømarkH TobroT C TruelsenL WassvikK L ÆgidiusD AtarA H AamodtPublished in: European stroke journal (2022)
ICM was an effective tool for diagnosing underlying AF, capturing AF in 29% of the CS and TIA patients. AF was asymptomatic in most cases and would mainly have gone undiagnosed without ICM. The insertion and use of ICM was feasible for stroke physicians in stroke units.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- end stage renal disease
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- primary care
- left ventricular
- venous thromboembolism
- brain injury
- mitral valve
- patient reported