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#117 Atrial Fibrillation: Gray Matters Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Longest Episode of Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiac Monitor

The number of AFib episodes in patient is probably not as relevant as the longest episode. Patients with any single episode of fibrillation 18 hours or longer had a stroke or systemic embolism incidence of nearly 5% per year. Dang. So you're saying independent of Chav's tube ask, how long you're in AFib impacts your stroke risk? Yeah.

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