Is atrial fibrillation associated with pulmonary embolism?
Atrial Fibrillation Friday, March 16th, 2012Onlinelibrary.wiley: FEB 29, 2012.
Summary. Background: A pulmonary embolism (PE) is thought to be associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). Nevertheless, this association is based on weak data.Objectives: To assess whether the presence of AF influences the clinical probability of PE in a cohort of patients with suspected PE and to confirm the association between PE and AF. Patients/methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data from two trials that included 2449 consecutive patients admitted for a clinically suspected PE. Read More
