Should We Maintain Anticoagulation after Successful Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation? The Need for a Randomized Study

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high risk of thromboembolic stroke and oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) is able to reduce the rate of ischemic events. Nevertheless, the actual benefit of prolonged OAT after successful radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is not clear y...

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Autores principales: Santarpia, Giuseppe, De Rosa, Salvatore, Sabatino, Jolanda, Curcio, Antonio, Indolfi, Ciro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5742595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29312960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2017.00085

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