Impact of atrial high-rate episodes on the risk of future stroke.

CONCLUSIONS: Embolic stroke events are common in Japanese patients with CIEDs. AF events lasting ≥30s and an enlarged left atrium are the risk factors of embolic stroke in this population.
PMID: 30728105 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - February 3, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nakano M, Kondo Y, Nakano M, Kajiyama T, Hayashi T, Ito R, Takahira H, Kobayashi Y Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research