Continuous monitoring ‘detects AF but fails to reduce stroke’

Use of an implantable monitor in high-risk patients disappoints in randomised trial, researchers find
Reuters Health

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Continuous electrocardiographic monitoring using an implantable loop recorder (ILR) to detect ‘silent’ atrial fibrillation failed to prevent strokes in a randomised controlled trial, Danish researchers say.