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Cardiac resynchronization therapy device monitoring revealed significant asymptomatic atrial fibrillation episodes in 26.7% of heart failure patients with no prior history of the arrhythmia.
Observational (n=162)
Over a quarter of heart failure patients with CRT devices and no prior history of atrial fibrillation experience significant asymptomatic AF episodes.
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Caldwell et al. (2008) conducted an observational in Heart failure (n=162). Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device monitoring was evaluated on Occurrence of significant episodes of AF in patients not known to have AF. Cardiac resynchronization therapy device monitoring revealed significant asymptomatic atrial fibrillation episodes in 26.7% of heart failure patients with no prior history of the arrhythmia.
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