Management of atrial high-rate episodes detected by cardiac implanted electronic devices

• Published in: Nature reviews cardiology Vol. 14; no. 12; pp. 701 - 714
• Main Authors: Freedman, Ben, Boriani, Giuseppe, Glotzer, Taya V., Healey, Jeff S., Kirchhof, Paulus, Potpara, Tatjana S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/4019/592/75/29/1309; 692/499; 692/700/565/2773; Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Cardiovascular implants; Defibrillators, Implantable; Disease Management; Electrocardiography; Health aspects; Heart Atria - physiopathology; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Medicine & Public Health; Pacemaker, Artificial; Prevention; review-article; Risk Factors; Stroke

Key Points Cardiac electronic implanted devices (CIEDs) readily detect atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs), which are fairly common and associated with an increased incidence of clinical atrial fibrillation, stroke, and systemic thromboembolism Up to 20% of automatically detected AHREs reflect somethi...