Abstract

Anticoagulation therapy reduces the risk for systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). To test the value of adding an antiplatelet agent, researchers in Spain conducted a multicenter randomized trial involving 1209 patients with paroxysmal AF stratified according to their risk for systemic embolism: high (495 patients; mean age, 67) or intermediate (714 patients; mean age, 70). Among the high-risk patients were those with prior embolism …

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