Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Abstract

Among the many interesting articles in this issue of the Journal, I would like to bring to your attention the paper by Dr. Eisenberg and his colleagues entitled ‘‘Chronic Ambulatory Monitoring: Results of a Large Single-Center Experience’’. The authors evaluated the diagnostic yield of a wearable cardiac monitoring device. They reviewed data from 524 patients who were prescribed the monitor for a variety of indications including monitoring for atrial fibrillation and elucidating the mechanism of palpitations. This study resulted in many interesting findings the most important of which in my opinion is that the majority of atrial fibrillation episodes detected by the long-term monitoring device were asymptomatic.