Does subclinical device-detected atrial fibrillation predict clinical AF and stroke risk?
Subclinical device-detected AF is a strong predictor of clinical AF and is associated with an elevated risk of stroke, though lower than that of clinical AF.
Subclinical AF strongly predicts clinical AF and is associated with elevated absolute stroke risk albeit lower than risk described for clinical AF.
Mahajan et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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