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Anticoagulation in Patients With Device‐Detected Atrial Fibrillation With and Without a Prior Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The NOAH‐AFNET 6 Trial

Hans‐Christoph Diener, Nina Becher, Susanne Sehner, Tobias Toennis, Emanuele Bertaglia, Carina Blomström‐Lundqvist, Axel Brandes, Vincent Beuger, Melanie Calvert, A. John Camm,

Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024 · 20 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Anticoagulation appears to have ambiguous effects in patients with device-detected AF and a prior stroke or TIA in this hypothesis-generating analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 in the absence of ECG-documented AF, partially due to a low rate of stroke without anticoagulation.

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