Long-Term Follow-up of Enhanced Holter-Electrocardiography Monitoring in Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Prolonged electrocardiography (ECG)-monitoring in stroke patients improves the detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (pAF). However, most randomized studies only had short follow-up. We aimed to provide 3-year follow-up data for AF detection and stroke recurrence risk.

Methods

We randomized 402 patients aged ≥60 years with acute ischemic strokes without AF to either enhanced and prolonged monitoring (EPM; 3×10-day Holter-ECG-monitoring) or standard-of-care (≥24 hours ECG-monitoring). The endpoint of the current analysis was AF within 36 months analyzed by intention to treat. Long-term follow-up was performed for 36 months.

Results

Two hundred and seventy-four patients (80%) participated in the extended follow-up (median duration of follow-

SUBMITTER: Wachter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8829482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature