Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00911508.

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MedicineAtrial fibrillationCardiologyInternal medicineCatheter ablationStroke (engine)AblationDrugPharmacotherapyCardiac AblationAnesthesiaPharmacology

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 321
Issue: 13
Pages: 1261-1261
Citations: 1346
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                                    Douglas L. Packer, 
                                
                                    Daniel B. Mark, 
                                
                                    Richard A. Robb
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. 
                            JAMA
                            , 321
                            (13)
                            , 1261-1261.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.0693
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.0693