Results
A total of 96 patients were analyzed who underwent cardiac loop recorder implantation during the period between 2014 and 2019 for an indication of cryptogenic stroke. Most of the patients were female 60.4%, mean age was 66.8±12.9 years and the group where atrial fibrillation was detected was slightly older (70.7±12.8 vs 65.2±12.7 years) although the difference was not statistically significant. Atrial fibrillation was detected in 28 of 96 patients (29%). Forty-eight percent of the events in the AF group were detected within the first 36 days of loop recorder implantation (Figure 1). All detected AF episodes were exquisitely paroxysmal in nature and ranged in duration between 0.05-103 minutes (mean 8.4±22.1 minutes). The mean time from implantation of the loop recorder to analysis was 20 ± 15.8 months. Baseline characteristics are illustrated in Table (1).