Higher risk of death and stroke in patients with persistent vs. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from the ROCKET-AF Trial - Concepedia

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Higher risk of death and stroke in patients with persistent vs. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from the ROCKET-AF Trial

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2014

Year

Benjamin A. Steinberg, Anne S. Hellkamp, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Manesh R. Patel, Günter Breithardt, Graeme J. Hankey, Rüdiger Becker, Daniel E. Singer, Jonathan L. Halperin, Werner Hacke,

European Heart Journal

Abstract

In patients with AF at moderate-to-high risk of stroke receiving anticoagulation, those with persistent AF have a higher risk of thrombo-embolic events and worse survival compared with paroxysmal AF.

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