Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Clinical Review

Management of atrial fibrillation

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5216 (Published 23 December 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b5216

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Re: Error

You are right: there is an error, in Box 2 the estimate is for the
annual risk of major bleeding, while on treatment with warfarin, not the
risk of stroke. Sorry for this error. You are right with respect to
creatinin, too, this is the equivalent in SI units.

Competing interests:
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Competing interests: No competing interests

18 January 2010
Carmelo Lafuente-Lafuente
Consultant
Hôpital Lariboisière, APHP, 75013 Paris, France