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ArticleSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina

Scanning of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation as an etiological risk factor in patients with acute ischemic stroke: prospective study.

Zahide Betül Gündüz, Ahmet Lutfi Sertdemir, Zafer Buyukterzi

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Article in Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zahide Betül GündüzMD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Saglik Bilimleri University, Konya State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6421-1857
Ahmet Lutfi SertdemirMD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-5547
Zafer BuyukterziMD, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Saglik Bilimleri University, Konya State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9391-049X
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRNecmettin Erbakan University · TR

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Abstract

backgroundPrevention of recurrence of stroke depends on recognition of the underlying mechanism of ischemia.

objectiveTo screen patients who were hospitalized with diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in terms of atrial fibrillation (AF) with repeated Holter electrocardiography recordings. DESIGN AND

settingProspective study conducted at Konya Education and Research Hospital, Turkey.

methodsPatients with a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, without atrial fibrillation on electrocardiography (ECG), were evaluated. Their age, gender, histories of previous ischemic attack, occurrences of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and other risks were assessed during the first week after acute ischemic stroke and one month thereafter. ECG recordings were obtained from 130 patients through 24-hour ambulatory Holter. Patients without PAF attack during the first Holter were re-evaluated.

resultsPAF was detected through the first Holter in 33 (25.4%) out of 130 acute ischemic stroke patients. A second Holter was planned for 97 patients: 53 (54.6%) of them could not attend due to COVID-19 pandemic; while 44 (45.3%) patients had the second Holter and, among these, 4 (9.1%) had PAF. The only parameter associated with PAF was older age. Four (10.8%) of the 37 patients with PAF had also symptomatic carotid stenosis.

conclusionsDetecting the presence of PAF by screening patients with no AF in the ECG through Holter ECG examinations is valuable in terms of changing the course of the treatment. It should be kept in mind that the possibility of accompanying PAF cannot be ruled out in the presence of other factors that pose a risk of stroke.

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Atrial FibrillationCOVID-19Ischemic StrokeStrokeElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryHumansPandemicsProspective StudiesRisk Factors

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PMID35195235
PMCPMC9610249
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