Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Implantable loop recorder screening for atrial fibrillation did not significantly reduce the risk for stroke ...

Implantable cardiac monitoring (ICM) turned up a substantial burden of serious arrhythmic events in high-risk patients after a heart attack, despite not meeting conventional ejection fraction criteria ...

Continuous ECG monitoring with an implantable loop recorder detected more cases of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation, but did not reduce the risk of stroke or improve overall survival, according to a ...

Using an implantable loop recorder (ILR) to screen older individuals for atrial fibrillation (AF) may be more beneficial when NT-proBNP levels are high, according to a post hoc analysis of the LOOP ...

The 12-lead ECG remains the gold standard of diagnosing AF. 8 The ECG will be positive for lack of a p-wave, an oscillatory baseline wave with varying amplitudes, irregular rhythm, and the classic ...