Table 2.

AF Detection With External Cardiac Monitoring in CS Patients

Citation	Number of Patients	AF Definition	Monitoring Duration	AF Detection Yield	Monitoring Type
Tayal et al32	56	<30 s	21 days	18%	MCOT
		>30 s		5%
Elijovich et al33	20	N/A	30 days	20%	Event Monitor
Gaillard et al34	98	32 s	30 days	9%	Transtelephonic monitoring
Bhatt et al31	62	30 s	28 days	24%	MCOT
Flint et al35	236	≤30 s	30 days	4%	MCOT
		>30 s		7%
Kamel et al36	20	30 s	21 days	0%	MCOT
Miller et al37	156	<30 s	30 days	12%	MCOT
		≥30 s		5%
EMBRACE30	572	30 s	30 days	16.1%	Event Monitor
			24 h	3.2%	Holter
		2.5 min	30 days	9.9%	Event Monitor
			24 h	2.5%	Holter

AF indicates atrial fibrillation; CS, cryptogenic stroke; MCOT, mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry; N/A, not available.