Vuilleumier P, Bogousslavsky J, Henriques I, Kappenberger L
Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 1998 May-Jun;8(3):144-7. doi: 10.1159/000015839.
Intermittent atrial fibrillation may cause stroke, and acute stroke may lead to secondary bursts of atrial fibrillation. We studied with continuous ECG before, during and after stroke a patient with a history of intermittent atrial fibrillation. To our knowledge, this is the first case with continuous monitoring of atrial fibrillation bursts and their precise timing in the peristroke period.