Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation

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ECG monitoring with an ICM was superior to conventional follow-up for detecting atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke. (Funded by Medtronic; CRYSTAL AF ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00924638.).

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Sanna et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/695d6a61c891f7d07f169118 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1313600

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