TY - JOUR
T1 - Early detection of occult atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention
AU - Keach, Joseph Walker
AU - Bradley, Steven M.
AU - Turakhia, Mintu P.
AU - Maddox, Thomas M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a very common arrhythmia and significantly increases stroke risk. This risk can be mitigated with oral anticoagulation, but AF is often asymptomatic, or occult, preventing timely detection and treatment. Accordingly, occult AF may cause stroke before it is clinically diagnosed. Currently, guidelines for the early detection and treatment of occult AF are limited. This review addresses recent advancements in occult AF detection methods, identification of populations at high risk for occult AF, the treatment of occult AF with oral anticoagulation, as well as ongoing trials that may answer critically important questions regarding occult AF screening.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a very common arrhythmia and significantly increases stroke risk. This risk can be mitigated with oral anticoagulation, but AF is often asymptomatic, or occult, preventing timely detection and treatment. Accordingly, occult AF may cause stroke before it is clinically diagnosed. Currently, guidelines for the early detection and treatment of occult AF are limited. This review addresses recent advancements in occult AF detection methods, identification of populations at high risk for occult AF, the treatment of occult AF with oral anticoagulation, as well as ongoing trials that may answer critically important questions regarding occult AF screening.
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U2 - 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307588
DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307588
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25935765
AN - SCOPUS:84934268899
SN - 1355-6037
VL - 101
SP - 1097
EP - 1102
JO - Heart
JF - Heart
IS - 14
ER -