Patient-reported feasibility of chest and thumb ECG after cryptogenic stroke in Sweden: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, based on a questionnaire, of the chest and thumb ECG system Coala Heart Monitor in patients who recently had a stroke.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

Two stroke units, Region Gävleborg, Sweden.

Participants and interventions

This study, Transient ECG Assessment in Stroke Evaluation (TEASE), included patients who had a stroke between 2017 and 2019. Patients eligible for anticoagulation in the presence of atrial fibrillation were scheduled for 28 days monitoring.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The questionnaire regarding feasibility of monitoring included seven questions, using a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale which covered overall satisfaction, technical feasibility, remember to mo

SUBMITTER: Magnusson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594353 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature