title: Comparing the imperfect with the imperfect: the imprecise science of assessing the risk and benefits of anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond.
authors.forename: Alex Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond. kellenbogen@mcvh-vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ellenbogen
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Editorials; arrhythmias, cardiac; atrial fibrillation