REVEAL AF: Incidence of AF in High Risk Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient has a documented history of AF or atrial flutter
• •Patient had an ischemic stroke or TIA within past year prior to enrollment
• •Patient has a history of a hemorrhagic stroke
• •Patient is currently implanted with an implantable pulse generator (IPG), implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker (CRT-P), or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) device
• •New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV Heart Failure patient
• •Patient had heart surgery within previous 90 days prior to enrollment
• •Patient had a myocardial infarction (MI) within the previous 90 days prior to enrollment
• •Patient is taking chronic immuno-suppressant therapy
• •Patient is taking an anti-arrhythmic drug
• •Patient is contraindicated for long term anticoagulation medication
• •Patient is taking a long-term anticoagulation medication
• •Any concomitant condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would not allow safe participation in the study (e.g., drug addiction, alcohol abuse, emotional / psychological diagnosis)
• •Patient is enrolled in another study that could confound the results of this study, without documented pre-approval from Medtronic study manager
• •Patient has a creatinine clearance \<30 ml/min or is on dialysis