Should All Atrial Fibrillation Be Considered a Life-Long Problem Requiring Prophylaxis Against Thromboembolism?

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¹ Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: abcurtis@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

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Anne B Curtis et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018.

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. 2018 Oct 23;72(17):2037-2039.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.07.087.

¹ Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: abcurtis@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; epidemiology; surgery; thromboembolism.

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