Massachusetts General Hospital found that the implantable chip can more accurately identify patients at risk of stroke recurrence...

"We believe that patients similar to this trial should now use pluggable heart monitors for long-term monitoring

Lee H.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurology

Director, Telemedicine Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

For patients who have experienced certain common types of strokes, implanting a small chip under the skin can help doctors predict the likelihood of them having a stroke again, thereby predicting the likelihood that they will benefit from preventive treatment

Approximately 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year, and as many as a quarter of stroke patients have had a stroke before

Recent studies have shown that a small chip implanted under the skin can monitor heart rate and rhythm, and help doctors detect atrial fibrillation in patients who have experienced cryptogenic stroke

In the Stroke of Known Cause and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation (Stroke AF, Stroke of Known Cause and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation) trial, 492 patients were randomized and received insertable heart monitors or routine care within 10 days after the first stroke ( Including external cardiac monitoring through ECG or other tracking methods), after which a 12-month follow-up will be completed

The chip detected atrial fibrillation in 12.

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Senior author Dr.

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The next steps of the study include factors that predict the duration and extent of atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia

About Massachusetts General Hospital

Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital is the largest teaching hospital originally established by Harvard Medical School

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