Atrial High Rate Episodes Detected by Pacemaker Diagnostics Predict Death and Stroke

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Authors

Taya V. Glotzer · Hackensack University Medical Center

Anne S. Hellkamp · Brigham and Women's Hospital

John Zimmerman · Baystate Medical Center

Michael O. Sweeney · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Raymond Yee · Alamance Community College

Roger A. Marinchak · Harvard University

J. E. Cook

Abstract

AHRE detected by pacemakers in patients with SND identify patients that are more than twice as likely to die or have a stroke, and 6 times as likely to develop atrial fibrillation as similar patients without AHRE.

Topics & Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 107, Issue 12, pp. 1614-1619

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000057981.70380.45

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