Intensification of monitoring for improving detection of atrial fibrillation after a presumed “trigger- induced episode” due to potentially reversible factors: what tools and what implications for decision making?

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an arrhythmia with an increasing epidemiological burden worldwide[1] even if its precise prevalence cannot be defined, since it is frequently asymptomatic, either in patients with or without underlying disease[2].