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Smartphone Versus Holter Monitoring for Poststroke Atrial Fibrillation Detection

Although guidelines recommend Holter monitoring for all patients with ischemic stroke or TIA, comparatively few receive it.
Neurology Reviews. 2018 November;26(11)a:6

—Mitchel L. Zoler 

Suggested Reading

Edwards JD, Kapral MK, Fang J, et al. Underutilization of ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke and transient ischemic attack: missed opportunities for atrial fibrillation detection. Stroke. 2016;47(8):1982-1989.

Tu HT, Chen Z, Swift C, et al. Smartphone electrographic monitoring for atrial fibrillation in acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack. Int J Stroke. 2017;12(7):786-789.