遠距離監測發現腦卒中患者的心臟疾病

根據一項最新研究發現，為了檢測“沉默型”或者新發心臟疾病，所有因腦卒中入院的患者在腦卒中發病至少24小時以內，都應當接受持續心臟節律監測(遠距測定法)。

與那些沒有接受監測的患者相比較，接受遠距離監測患者更容易發現心血管危險因素。除此之外，在入院后心臟節律出現改變的患者，比那些節律保持穩定的患者，更加容易發生冠狀動脈疾病。在接受遠距離心率監測的所有患者中，出現新節律的患者以前都沒有心率不齊病史。因此研究人員建議，在入院之后所有的患者都應當接受監測。這些研究結果發表在2006年2月Kissimmee(Florida, USA)舉行的美國腦卒中學會國際會上進行了報道。

Telemetry Reveals Stroke Patients’ Cardiac Problems
 
To detect “silent” or new cardiac abnormalities, all patients hospitalized for stroke should be under continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring (telemetry) for at least the first 24 hours after the stroke is detected, according to a new study.

Cardiovascular risk factors were discovered more frequently in the patients placed on telemetry as compared to those who were not monitored. In addition, patients whose cardiac rhythms changed following admission had a higher percentage of coronary artery disease than those whose rhythms remained static. All patients found to have a new rhythm following telemetry monitoring had no previous history of arrhythmia. The authors therefore suggest that upon admission to the hospital, all patients should be monitored. The findings were presented at the American Stroke Association's international conference, held in February 2006 in Kissimmee (Florida, USA).