Determinants of Use of Long-term Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients without Atrial Fibrillation at Baseline.

CONCLUSIONS: When selecting the high-risk group of patients (with an NIHSS score > 12 and age > 64.5 years, or with an NIHSS score ≤ 12, age > 71.5 years, and triglyceride level ≤ 61.5 mg/dL) according to the CART model, the detection rate of paroxysmal AF was approximately double in the acute ischemic stroke patients without AF at baseline.
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Source: Current Neurovascular Research - April 21, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Lee JD, Huang YC, Lee M, Lee TH, Kuo YW, Hu YH, Ovbiagele B Tags: Curr Neurovasc Res Source Type: research