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Cardiac diagnostics and monitoring

Conditions

Patient selection for long-term cardiac monitoring

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Learn more about challenging conditions.

Get more details about the conditions that may require long-term cardiac monitoring with the LINQ™ family of insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs).

Unexplained syncope

Stroke

Atrial fibrillation (AF)

Continuous monitoring with the LINQ™ family of ICMs

The LINQ™ family of ICMs (Reveal LINQ™ ICM and LINQ II™ ICM) works continuously to capture comprehensive and actionable data over a longer period of time than short-term monitors to deliver superior yield that can increase the rate of diagnosis for patients with AF, cryptogenic stroke, and syncope.

Discover LINQ™ ICMs

Is 30 days long enough?

Here’s what you may be missing with a conventional 30-day external monitor:

88% of AF diagnoses in cryptogenic stroke patients^†,1
87% of AF diagnoses in large and small vessel stroke patients²

Find a diagnosis, faster.^‡,3–7

When answers are hard to find, the LINQ™ family of ICMs helps eliminate patient compliance issues,^8–10 provides clinicians with trusted data for treatment planning, and gives patients reassurance that their heart will be continuously monitored.

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† Based on Kaplan-Meier estimates.

‡ Compared to standard of care.

Sanna T, Diener H, Passman RS, et al. Cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(26):2478–2486. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1313600.
Bernstein RA, Kamel H, Granger CB, et al. Atrial fibrillation in patients with stroke attributed to large- or small-vessel disease: 3-year results from the STROKE AF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(12):1277–1283. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.3931.
Nasir JM, Pomeroy W, Marler A, et al. Predicting determinants of atrial fibrillation or flutter for therapy elucidation in patients at risk for thromboembolic events (PREDATE AF) study. Heart Rhythm. 2017;14(7):955–961. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.04.026.
Reiﬀel JA, Verma A, Kowey PR, et al. Incidence of previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation using insertable cardiac monitors in a high-risk population: The REVEAL AF Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2017;2(10):1120–1127. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.3180.
Healey JS, Alings M, Ha A, et al. Subclinical atrial fibrillation in older patients. Circulation. 2017;136(14):1276–1283. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.3180. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028845.
Philippsen TJ, Christensen LS, Hansen MG, Dahl JS, Brandes A. Detection of subclinical atrial fibrillation in high-risk patients using an insertable cardiac monitor. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017;3(13):1557–1564. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.06.020.
Brignole M, Moya A, de Lange FJ, et al. 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope. Eur Heart J. 2018;39(21):1883–1948. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy037.
Vasamreddy CF, Dalal D, Dong J, et al. Symptomatic and asymptomatic atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006;17(2):134–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00359.x.
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Stahrenberg, Weber-Krüger M, Seegers J, et al. Enhanced detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by early and prolonged continuous holter monitoring in patients with cerebral ischemia presenting in sinus rhythm. Stroke. 2010;41(12):2884–2888. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.591958.

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