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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Mobile phones in cryptogenic strOke patients Bringing sIngle Lead ECGs for Atrial Fibrillation detection (MOBILE-AF): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

 

 Admitted to the stroke unit of participating centres with an ischaemic stroke or TIA

 

Exclusion criteria

 

 Known aetiology of TIA or ischaemic stroke

 

 Signs and symptoms mimicking TIA or ischaemic stroke that are caused by spinal ischaemia

 

 TIA only presenting with non-localising symptoms [25]

 

 Uncertainty about the diagnosis of TIA because of unclear clinical symptoms

 

 Myocardial infarction < 1 month before stroke

 

 Coronary artery bypass grafting < 1 month before stroke

 

 Surgery indicated valvular heart disease

 

 Documented history of AF or atrial flutter

 

 Left ventricular aneurysm on echocardiography

 

 Intracardiac thrombus on echocardiography

 

 Renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2)

 

 Patient is not able or willing to sign the Informed Consent Form

 

 Patient is < 18 years of age

 

 Patient is considered an incapacitated adult

 

 Patient is not in possession of a smartphone or tablet with an Android Operating (OS) System or iOS and is unwilling to obtain one

 
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