What is your outpatient approach to monitoring paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (i.e. mobile cardiac telemetry, decision to anticoagulate if high likelihood of recurrence) in young adults with CHADsVASC score of 0, in light of potential remodeling and increased afib burden as they age?

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