Atrial strain and occult atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ioannis AnagnostopoulosMaria KoustaCharalampos KossyvakisNikolaos Taxiarchis ParaskevaidisNikolaos SchizasDimitrios VrachatisSpyridon DeftereosGeorgios Giannopoulos

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2023)

Both PALS and PACS are significantly lower in patients with CS and silent AF. It seems that the cut-off values mentioned above could help physicians in identifying patients who may benefit more from prolonged rhythm monitoring. More studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
left atrial
primary care
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
case control
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
blood pressure
left ventricular
coronary artery disease