EP News: Clinical

Singer et  al (JAMA Cardiol 2021;6:1364, PMID 34586356) evaluated the temporal association between episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). In a case-crossover study, data from an electronic health record database were linked with record s of patients with CIEDs. The prespecified duration of AF was ≥5.5 hours during days 1–30 vs days 91–120 prestroke. The main outcome was odds ratio (OR) for stroke comparing AF during days 1–30 vs days 91–120 prestroke.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: EP NEWS Source Type: research