The monitoring of atrial fibrillation (AF) is performed using a variety of tools, ranging from the conventional Holter electrocardiogram to modern implantable loop recording with remote data exchange. The main clinical areas in AF where monitoring is crucial for decision-making are catheter and surgical ablation, as well as anticoagulation to prevent strokes. Identifying the patient cohort at risk - e.g., those with subclinical silent AF - is a challenge. In addition, the interaction of AF with implanted devices - e.g. AF-triggered inadequate shock therapy - should be the object of continuous monitoring. The prevention of inadequate shock delivery in particular is of major clinical importance.

Relevance of Monitoring Atrial Fibrillation in Clinical Practice / Lewalter, Thorsten; Boriani, Giuseppe. - In: ARRHYTHMIA & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY REVIEW. - ISSN 2050-3369. - 1:1(2012), pp. 54-58. [10.15420/aer.2012.1.1.54]

Relevance of Monitoring Atrial Fibrillation in Clinical Practice

BORIANI, Giuseppe
2012

Abstract

The monitoring of atrial fibrillation (AF) is performed using a variety of tools, ranging from the conventional Holter electrocardiogram to modern implantable loop recording with remote data exchange. The main clinical areas in AF where monitoring is crucial for decision-making are catheter and surgical ablation, as well as anticoagulation to prevent strokes. Identifying the patient cohort at risk - e.g., those with subclinical silent AF - is a challenge. In addition, the interaction of AF with implanted devices - e.g. AF-triggered inadequate shock therapy - should be the object of continuous monitoring. The prevention of inadequate shock delivery in particular is of major clinical importance.
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Relevance of Monitoring Atrial Fibrillation in Clinical Practice / Lewalter, Thorsten; Boriani, Giuseppe. - In: ARRHYTHMIA & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY REVIEW. - ISSN 2050-3369. - 1:1(2012), pp. 54-58. [10.15420/aer.2012.1.1.54]
Lewalter, Thorsten; Boriani, Giuseppe
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