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Stroke rates before and after ablation of atrial fibrillation and in propensity-matched controls in the UK
BACKGROUND: We sought to determine whether catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with reduced occurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular events. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using routinely collected hospital data, ablation patients were matched to two control cohorts via direct and propen...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460644/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615987 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/POR.S134781 |