Temporal Association Between Episodes of Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding the temporal association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and ischemic stroke informs our understanding of the AF-stroke mechanism and treatment of paroxysmal AF.

Objective

To define the temporal association between episodes of AF and stroke in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs).

Design, setting, and participants

In this case-crossover study, data from a large national electronic health record database were linked with a single-vendor database of heart rhythm records of patients with CIEDs capable of continuous heart rhythm monitoring. Patients with CIEDs who sustained an ischemic stroke who also had 120 days of continuous remote rhythm monitoring prestroke were included. Data were collected from January 2007 to March

SUBMITTER: Singer DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature