Table 2.
Study | Sample size | Study design | Incidence of AF detection |
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EMBRACE trial | n = 572 | Randomized control study | At 90 days: 16.1% of intervention group (non-invasive ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring) vs. 3.2% of control group |
CRYSTAL AF trial | n = 441 | Randomized control study | At 6 months: 8.9% of intervention group (insertible cardiac monitor [ICM]) vs. 1.4% of control group |
12 months: 12.4% of intervention group vs. 2% of control group | |||
36 months: 30% of intervention group vs. 3% of control group | |||
Ziegler et al. (2015) | n = 1,247 | Retrospective cohort analysis | 30 days: 4.6% of patients with ICM |
182 days: 12.2% of patient with ICM |