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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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Autores principales: Jarman, Julian WE, Hunter, Tina D, Hussain, Wajid, March, Jamie L, Wong, Tom, Markides, Vias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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