Device-detected atrial fibrillation and risk for stroke: an analysis of >10 000 patients from the SOS AF project (Stroke preventiOn Strategies based on Atrial Fibrillation information from implanted devices)
Why the study?
Is device-detected AF burden associated with an increased risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with CIEDs?
Population
>10 000 relatively unselected patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid stroke risk stratification in CIED patients; extends observational data but leaves anticoagulation thresholds open.
Structured PICO
Is device-detected AF burden associated with an increased risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with CIEDs?
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Population
>10 000 relatively unselected patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)
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Intervention
Device-detected atrial fibrillation (AF) burden
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Outcome
Ischaemic strokehard clinical
Device-detected AF burden in CIED patients is associated with increased ischemic stroke risk, supporting timely anticoagulation decisions.
Cite This Study
Boriani et al. (2013) studied this question.