Ambulatory ECG monitoring in atrial fibrillation management.
Ambulatory ECG monitoring technology has rapidly evolved over the last few decades and has been shown to identify life-threatening and non-life threatening arrhythmias and provide actionable data to guide clinical decision making. Atrial fibrillation episodes can often be asymptomatic, even after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, creating a disconnect between symptoms and actual arrhythmia burden which may alter clinical management. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of invasive and non-invasive ECG monitoring strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation, with a special focus on the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, and on follow-up of patients after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation ablation.
Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Spencer Z
SZ
Rosero
Valentina
V
Kutyifa
Brian
B
Olshansky
Wojciech
W
Zareba
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
AF; AT; Ambulatory; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation ablation; CRT; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; ECG; ECG monitoring; ELEM; Event monitor; HF; Holter monitor; ICD; ILR; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implanted loop recorder; MCOT; PM; Pacemaker; atrial fibrillation; atrial tachycardia; cardiac resynchronization therapy; electrocardiogram; event loop monitoring; heart failure; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; implanted loop recorder; implanted pacemaker; mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry