ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1396 EVALUATING THE DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF R-TEST MONITORING FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER STROKE AND TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK
John Drought, Michael Carey, Julianne Kirwan, Orla Kennedy, Kevin Sweeney, Grace Ola, Daire Gargan, Joseph Harbison, Ontefetse Ntlholang · 2026
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John Drought and eight co-authors measured how often a wearable heart-rhythm monitor finds hidden atrial fibrillation in people just after a stroke or mini-stroke. Finding that rhythm fault matters, because it changes prevention: most with it should start blood thinners. The team reviewed ninety-nine patients monitored over one year in a prevention clinic, where specialist nurses fitted devices and experts read the traces.
The monitor caught it in twenty-one patients, about twenty-one percent, all previously undiagnosed. Those patients were older on average, and an enlarged left atrium was about four times as common among them. The test rarely cried wolf, with specificity near ninety-one percent. Eighteen of them started anticoagulant drugs as a result. Presenting at a stroke conference, the authors argue pairing rhythm monitoring with a simple heart-structure marker can aim testing at patients most likely to benefit.
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| CREATOR | John Drought, Michael Carey, Julianne Kirwan, Orla Kennedy, Kevin Sweeney, Grace Ola, Daire Gargan, Joseph Harbison, Ontefetse Ntlholang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |