Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and Reduction of Stroke Events: Understanding the Paradoxical Lack of Evidence

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Cardiology Department, Hospital da Luz Arrabida, V.N. Gaia, Portugal (S. Barra).
• ² Cardiology Department, V.N. Gaia Hospital Center, Portugal (S. Barra, J.P., H.G.).
• ³ Cardiology Department, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom (S. Barra, S.A.).
• ⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, Paris, France (K.N., E.M.).
• ⁵ Cardiology Department, MaxCure Hospitals, Hyderabad, India (K.N.).
• ⁶ Cardiology Department, Institute Pasteur, Toulouse, France (S. Boveda).
• ⁷ Division of Clinical Electrophysiology, Grochowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland (J.B.).
• ⁸ Cardiology Department, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France (E.M.).
• ⁹ Paris Descartes University, Paris, France (E.M.).