title: Cardiac Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke.
abstract: Despite an extensive initial evaluation, the cause of up to a third of ischemic strokes remains undetermined. The detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) in these patients with cryptogenic stroke is critical as the diagnosis of AF would warrant anticoagulation to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke. Observational studies and prospective randomized controlled trials have shown that a substantial proportion of patients with cryptogenic stroke have AF detected by post-stroke cardiac monitoring with higher AF detection rates observed with longer monitoring periods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 North Saint Claire Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
authors.forename: Sukit M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ringwala
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 North Saint Claire Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
authors.forename: Todd T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Tomson
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North Saint Claire Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60657, USA. Electronic address: r-passman@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Rod S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Passman
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac monitoring; Stroke