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Does Atrial Fibrillation increase the risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke?
Does Atrial Fibrillation increase the risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke?
Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism that is not mediated by ischemic stroke.
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AF may raise independent PE risk beyond IS; leaves open whether this warrants PE-specific prevention trials.
AF was associated with increased cause-specific risks of both PE and IS. Our findings infer that the risk of PE in AF is not explained by intermediate IS.
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Hald et al. (2018) studied this question.
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