Atrial fibrillation in the course of pulmonary embolism: just a little smoke, or fuel to the fire?

Behnood Bikdeli^{1

2

3}, David Jiménez^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
² Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Respiratory Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Medicine Department, Universidad de Alcala, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.

Comment

Behnood Bikdeli et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;287(1):114-116.

doi: 10.1111/joim.12999. Epub 2019 Nov 10.

Behnood Bikdeli^{1

2

3}, David Jiménez^{4

5}

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
² Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Respiratory Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Medicine Department, Universidad de Alcala, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.

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Comment on

Atrial fibrillation is frequent but does not affect risk stratification in pulmonary embolism.
Ebner M, Rogge NIJ, Parwani AS, Sentler C, Lerchbaumer MH, Pieske B, Konstantinides SV, Hasenfuß G, Wachter R, Lankeit M. Ebner M, et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Jan;287(1):100-113. doi: 10.1111/joim.12985. Epub 2019 Oct 29. J Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 31602725

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