% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Haeusler:276159, author = {Haeusler, Karl Georg and Tütüncü, Serdar and Fiessler, Cornelia and Jawad-Ul-Qamar, Muhammad and Kunze, Claudia and Schurig, Johannes and Dietzel, Joanna and Krämer, Michael and Petzold, Gabor C and Royl, Georg and Helberg, Torsten and Thomalla, Götz and Nabavi, Darius G and Röther, Joachim and Laufs, Ulrich and Veltkamp, Roland and Heuschmann, Peter U and Kirchhof, Paulus and Olma, Manuel C and Endres, Matthias}, title = {{E}xcessive {S}upraventricular {E}ctopic {A}ctivity in {P}atients {W}ith {A}cute {I}schemic {S}troke {I}s {A}ssociated {W}ith {A}trial {F}ibrillation {D}etection {W}ithin 24 {M}onths {A}fter {S}troke: {A} {P}redefined {A}nalysis of the {M}on{DAFIS} {S}tudy.}, journal = {Journal of the American Heart Association}, volume = {14}, number = {2}, issn = {2047-9980}, address = {New York, NY}, publisher = {Association}, reportid = {DZNE-2025-00231}, pages = {e034512}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Excessive supraventricular ectopic activity (ESVEA) is regarded as a risk marker for later atrial fibrillation (AF) detection.The investigator-initiated, prospective, open, multicenter MonDAFIS (Impact of Standardized Monitoring for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Ischemic Stroke) study randomized 3465 patients with acute ischemic stroke without known AF 1:1 to usual diagnostic procedures for AF detection or additive Holter monitoring in hospital for up to 7 days, analyzed in a core laboratory. Secondary study objectives include the comparison of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, major bleeding, and all-cause death within 24 months in patients with ESVEA (defined as ectopic supraventricular beats ≥480/day or atrial runs of 10-29 seconds or both) versus patients with newly diagnosed AF versus patients without ESVEA or AF (non-ESVEA/AF), randomized to the intervention group. Overall, 1435 $(84.8\%)$ of 1714 patients randomized to the intervention group had analyzable study ECG monitoring of at least 48 hours' duration within the first 72 hours of monitoring. ESVEA was detected in 363 $(25.3\%)$ patients, while AF was first detected in 48 $(3.3\%)$ patients. Within 24 months, AF was newly detected in 67 $(18.5\%)$ patients with ESVEA versus 60 $(5.9\%)$ patients without ESVEA/AF- (P<0.001). The composite outcome at 24 months was not different between patients with ESVEA and patients without ESVEA/AF $(15.2\%$ versus $12.6\%;$ P=0.242). All-cause death was numerically higher in patients with ESVEA $(6.6\%$ versus $3.2\%),$ but failed statistical significance (P=0.433) in multivariate analysis (including age, heart failure, stroke severity, and creatinine at baseline).ESVEA in the acute phase of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack is associated with AF detection during follow-up and therefore may be used to select patients for prolonged ECG monitoring.URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT02204267.}, keywords = {Humans / Atrial Fibrillation: diagnosis / Atrial Fibrillation: physiopathology / Atrial Fibrillation: complications / Female / Male / Aged / Ischemic Stroke: diagnosis / Ischemic Stroke: mortality / Ischemic Stroke: physiopathology / Ischemic Stroke: etiology / Electrocardiography, Ambulatory: methods / Prospective Studies / Time Factors / Middle Aged / Atrial Premature Complexes: diagnosis / Atrial Premature Complexes: physiopathology / Recurrence / Risk Factors / Aged, 80 and over / ECG (Other) / atrial fibrillation (Other) / atrial run (Other) / death (Other) / stroke (Other) / supraventricular ectopy (Other)}, cin = {AG Endres / AG Petzold / Patient Studies (Bonn)}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-2719)1811005 / I:(DE-2719)1013020 / I:(DE-2719)1011101}, pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:39791425}, doi = {10.1161/JAHA.123.034512}, url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/276159}, }