Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Stroke: Does Timing Matter?

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Medical Group, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (P.J.P.); and Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (R.D.).
² From the Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Medical Group, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (P.J.P.); and Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (R.D.). Rajat.Deo@uphs.upenn.edu.

Editorial

Parin J Patel et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;8(5):1002-4.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003367.

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Medical Group, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (P.J.P.); and Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (R.D.).
² From the Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Medical Group, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (P.J.P.); and Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (R.D.). Rajat.Deo@uphs.upenn.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anticoagulation; arrhythmias, cardiac; atrial fibrillation; cardiac implantable electronic devices; stroke.

Comment on

Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Short-Term Risk of Stroke: Case-Crossover Analysis of Continuously Recorded Heart Rhythm From Cardiac Electronic Implanted Devices.
Turakhia MP, Ziegler PD, Schmitt SK, Chang Y, Fan J, Than CT, Keung EK, Singer DE. Turakhia MP, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Oct;8(5):1040-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.003057. Epub 2015 Jul 14. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015. PMID: 26175528