Atrial fibrillation and stroke: how much atrial fibrillation is enough to cause a stroke?

JS Healey, G Amit, TS Field - Current Opinion in Neurology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Stroke risk increases alongside burden of ectopic atrial activity. However, this risk may in
part be because of prothrombotic dysfunction associated with atrial cardiopathy in addition …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment and prevention of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections

P Phillips, AD Krahn, JG Andrade, S Chakrabarti… - CJC open, 2022 - Elsevier
An expanded role for cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) in recent decades
reflects an aging population and broader indications for devices, including both primary …

Role of subcutaneous implantable loop recorder for the diagnosis of arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome: a United Kingdom single-center experience

C Scrocco, Y Ben-Haim, B Devine, M Tome-Esteban… - Heart Rhythm, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Experience with implantable loop recorders (ILRs) in Brugada syndrome (BrS)
is limited. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the indications and yield of …

[HTML][HTML] New-generation miniaturized insertable cardiac monitor with a long sensing vector: insertion procedure, sensing performance, and home monitoring …

T Deneke, P Cabanas, D Hofer, T Gaspar, B Pierre… - Heart Rhythm O2, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs) require an invasive procedure and are used
for purely diagnostic purposes. Therefore, simplicity of the insertion procedure, low …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac monitoring for patients with palpitations

J Francisco-Pascual… - World Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Palpitations are one of the most common reasons for medical consultation. They tend to
worry patients and can affect their quality of life. They are often a symptom associated with …

Preliminary results from the LUX‐Dx insertable cardiac monitor remote programming and performance (LUX‐Dx PERFORM) study

C Stolen, J Rosman, H Manyam, B Kwan… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the wide adoption of insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs), high false‐positive rates,
suboptimal signal quality, limited ability to detect atrial flutter, and lack of remote …

Cardiac arrhythmia and hypoglycaemia in patients receiving haemodialysis with and without diabetes (the CADDY study): protocol for a Danish multicentre cohort …

DH Kofod, SZ Diederichsen, T Bomholt… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Patients receiving haemodialysis are at increased risk of arrhythmias and
sudden cardiac death, but data on arrhythmia burden and the pathophysiology remain …

Value of HAVOC and Brown ESUS-AF scores for atrial fibrillation on implantable cardiac monitors after embolic stroke of undetermined source

C Grygorowicz, K Benali, G Serzian, B Mouhat… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Up to 20% of ischemic strokes are associated with overt atrial fibrillation (AF).
Furthermore, silent AF was detected by an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) in 1 in 3 …

Patient satisfaction, safety, and efficacy of nurse-led compared to physician-led implantation of cardiac monitors

B Steinhauer, S Dütschler, J Spicher… - European journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Implantation of an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) is a simple procedure, but adds
significant and increasing workload to the arrhythmia service. In 2020, we established a …

Real-world comparison of in-hospital Reveal LINQ insertable cardiac monitor insertion inside and outside of the cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology laboratory

SC Beinart, A Natale, A Verma, A Amin, S Kasner… - American heart …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Traditionally, insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) procedures have been
performed in the cardiac catheterization (CATH) or electrophysiology (EP) laboratory. The …