Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients.

Conclusions -SCAF is frequently detected by continuous electrocardiographic monitoring in older patients without prior history of AF who are attending outpatient cardiology and neurology clinics. Its clinical significance is unclear. Clinical Trial Registration -URL: www.ClinicalTrials.gov Unique Identifier: NCT01694394. PMID: 28778946 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation - August 4, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Healey JS, Alings M, Ha AC, Leong-Sit P, Birnie DH, de Graaf JJ, Freericks M, Verma A, Wang J, Leong D, Dokainish H, Philippon F, Barake W, McIntyre WF, Simek KD, Hill MD, Mehta SR, Carlson M, Smeele F, Pandey AS, Connolly SJ, ASSERT-2 Investigators Tags: Circulation Source Type: research