Periprocedural stroke during atrial fibrillation ablation is a rare complication (0.8%), and most affected patients achieve complete functional and neurocognitive recovery over long-term follow-up.
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May reassure on long-term recovery after periprocedural AF ablation stroke; leaves open prospective validation in larger cohorts.
Patel et al. (2009) studied this question.
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