Left atrial ablation of atrial fibrillation: is the fly in the ointment a silent stroke?

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol · 2012 · PMC3412223 · PMID 22494548

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And while both studies tried to keep activated clotting time (ACT) >250 seconds, it appears that the patients with stroke in the Ischiki study had a relatively lower ACT (mean = 274 seconds) compared with the patients with no stroke (mean = 293 seconds), albeit this did not reach statistical significance.

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