Sensitive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Stroke Patients by Short-Term Bedside Electrocardiography Monitoring Software Analysis

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important cause of stroke. Continuous electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring with software-based analysis algorithms has been suggested to enhance the AF detection rate. We investigated the ability of stroke risk analysis (SRA) in the detection of AF in acute stroke patients.Consecutive stroke patients numbering 1,153 were screened. Patients with cardioembolic stroke related to AF (n = 296, paroxysmal n = 63,...