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Finding Atrial Fibrillation in Stroke - Evaluation of Enhanced and Prolonged Holter Monitoring

NCT01855035 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 402

Last updated 2020-05-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether repeated enhanced and prolonged ECG monitoring after ischemic stroke results in a higher detection of atrial fibrillation (/flutter) compared to usual care (at least 24 hour of cardiac monitoring).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

prolonged ECG monitoring

10-day Holter ECG measurement

OTHER

standard care

Usual care according to current guidelines (minimum of 24 hours of cardiac monitoring).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut fuer anwendungsorientierte Forschung und klinische Studien GmbH

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rolf Wachter, PD Dr. med. · Dept. of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Goettingen

  • Klaus Gröschel, PD Dr.med. · Clinic and Policlinic for Neurology, University of Mainz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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