Heart Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for Cryptogenic Stroke: 2015 Diagnostics and Monitoring Stroke Focus Group Report

Gregory W Albers; Richard A Bernstein; Johannes Brachmann; John Camm; J Donald Easton; Peter Fromm; Shinya Goto; Christopher B Granger; Stefan H Hohnloser; Elaine Hylek; Amir K Jaffer; Derk W Krieger; Rod Passman; Jesse M Pines; Shelby D Reed; Peter M Rothwell; Peter R Kowey

doi:10.1161/JAHA.115.002944

Heart Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for Cryptogenic Stroke: 2015 Diagnostics and Monitoring Stroke Focus Group Report

J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar 15;5(3):e002944. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002944.

Authors

Gregory W Albers¹, Richard A Bernstein², Johannes Brachmann³, John Camm⁴, J Donald Easton⁵, Peter Fromm⁶, Shinya Goto⁷, Christopher B Granger⁸, Stefan H Hohnloser⁹, Elaine Hylek¹⁰, Amir K Jaffer¹¹, Derk W Krieger¹², Rod Passman¹³, Jesse M Pines¹⁴, Shelby D Reed¹⁵, Peter M Rothwell¹⁶, Peter R Kowey¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
² Davee Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
³ Hospital Klinikum Coburg, Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Coburg, Germany.
⁴ Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences Research Institute, St. George's University of London and Imperial College, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, Sandler Neurosciences Center, San Francisco, CA.
⁶ Center for Cardiovascular Health, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
⁸ Cardiac Care Unit, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁹ Division of Clinical Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
¹⁰ Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
¹² Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark German Neuroscience Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE.
¹³ Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
¹⁴ Office for Clinical Practice Innovation, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
¹⁵ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC.
¹⁶ Stroke Prevention Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK.
¹⁷ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Lankenau Heart Institute, Wynnewood, PA Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.

No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; diagnosis; electrocardiography; insertable cardiac monitor; stroke prevention.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy*
Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Consensus
Delivery of Health Care
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / instrumentation
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / methods*
Fibrinolytic Agents / adverse effects
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Focus Groups
Heart Rate*
Humans
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Stroke / diagnosis
Stroke / epidemiology
Stroke / physiopathology
Stroke / prevention & control*
Telemetry / instrumentation
Telemetry / methods*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents