Silent Afib May Raise Stroke Risk (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Wed, 01/11/2012 - 15:00

(MedPage Today) -- Long-term monitoring by pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators suggests there is a link between subclinical atrial fibrillation and cryptogenic stroke, researchers found.


 

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