PO-03-048 CLINICAL UTILITY OF IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDERS AFTER CRYPTOGENIC STROKE: INSIGHTS FROM A LARGE ACADEMIC STROKE CENTER

Update on implantable loop recorders for secondary stroke prevention.

Implantable loop recorders are used to detect abnormal arrhythmias in patients with unexplained syncope. These devices capture paradoxical episodes of atrial fibrillation and may be helpful for patients with unexplained stroke. Nurses should be familiar with safety and care instructions and take precautions surrounding diagnostic testing in patients with these devices.

Cryptogenic Stroke And Role Of Loop Recorder.

Ischemic stroke is an important cause of morbidity and mortality when untreated. Identifying atrial fibrillation is important because atrial fibrillation ischemic related strokes are associated with an increased risk of disability and death compared with strokes of other etiologies and tend to recur without anticoagulation. However, atrial fibrillation detection can be difficult when it is asym...

Implantable loop recorder: a new tool in the diagnosis of cryptogenic stroke.

Cryptogenic Stroke

Cryptogenic stroke (CS) is defined as the infarction of the brain that is not attributable to a source of definite cradioembolic (CE), large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), or small artery disease (SAD) despite extensive vascular, cardiac and serologic evaluation. The term Cryptogenic stroke (CS) was first used in the National Institute of Neurologic Disease and Stroke (NINDS) Data bank1. The TOA...

Implantable loop recorders. dollars and sense.

Syncope is a common, often perplexing clinical problem causing emotional stress to patients, their families, and often, the physicians caring for them. In a large, 26-year prospective study of men and women ages 30 to 62 years, 3% of men and 3.5% of women experienced at least one syncopal episode (1). That study excluded adolescent and elderly populations. Syncope has been reported in up to 47%...