Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs) with atrial lead implanted allow detection
of asymptomatic atrial tachy-arrhythmias defined as Atrial High Rate Episodes (AHRE)
which are found in approximately 20% of CIED patients. Two recent meta-analyses showed
that AHRE are associated with an increased risk of stroke (approximately 2-fold) and
clinically overt Atrial Fibrillation (AF) (approximately 4-fold) in subjects with
no previous history of clinical AF.
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Publication history
Published online: August 17, 2021
Accepted:
August 9,
2021
Received:
July 18,
2021
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