Predictors of Occult Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Strokes Detected by Long-Term Noninvasive Cardiac Monitoring

Table 2

Previous studies evaluating prolonged cardiac monitoring.

Study	Design	Patient selection	𝑁	Device/Days	Percent with PAF/Outcome definition
Barthelemy et al, 2003 [10]	Observational	Ischemic stroke or TIA	60	Cardiac monitoring 4 days	7.7% with PAF ≥30 secs
Jabaudon et al, 2004 [11]	Observational	Ischemic stroke or TIA	88	Cardiac monitoring 7 days	5.7% with PAF
Tayal et al, 2008 [9]	Retrospective	Cryptogenic stroke or TIA	56	Cardiac monitoring 21 days	23% with any PAF
Elijovich et al, 2009 [12]	Retrospective	Cryptogenic stroke or TIA	20	Cardiac monitor 30	20% with PAF ≥30 secs
Zeigler et al, 2010 [13]	Observational	Stroke or TIA	183	Implantable defib/pacer ≥21 days	29% with PAF/AT ≥5 mins
Gaillard et al. 2010 [14]	Observational	Cryptogenic strokes or TIA	98	Cardiac monitor 30 days	9.2% with PAF ≥32 secs
Dion et al. 2010 [15]	Observational	Cryptogenic strokes or TIA	24	Implantable defib/pacer ≥21 days	4% with PAF ≥ 30 secs