Guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment is associated with improved outcomes compared with undertreatment in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation. The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation.

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Published in Am Heart J on June 01, 2007

Authors

Robby Nieuwlaat1, S Bertil Olsson, Gregory Y H Lip, A John Camm, Günter Breithardt, Alessandro Capucci, Joan G Meeder, Martin H Prins, Samuel Lévy, Harry J G M Crijns, Euro Heart Survey Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. r.nieuwlaat@cardio.azm.nl

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