Occult Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Non-cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke of Determined Mechanism

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Occult Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Non-cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke of Determined Mechanism

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the yield of 3 weeks outpatient mobile cardiac monitoring for detection of atrial fibrillation in patients with history of stroke of known cause.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients will be recruited to wear a outpatient mobile cardiac monitoring device for detection of atrial fibrillation in patients with a history of stroke of known case. Their are not study treatments or interventions, this is an observational trial. Eligible patients must be >50 years old, have a history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack with a documented brain infarction within the prior 12 months. If patients are on anticoagulation therapies, they are eligible for enrollment if the long-term strategy for stroke prevention is anti-platelet therapy and not the oral anti-coagulant itself. Patients must not have an detection of AF and then must successfully activate the lifeStar device for enrollment. At the end of three weeks, the LifeStar device will be over-read and scored for the presence of AF and other clinically significant arrhythmias by the study electrophysiologist, who will determine the occurrence and burden of AF. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Atrial Fibrillation
• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT01410396
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Northwestern University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2010
• Completion date: May 2013