title: Response to letter regarding article "Temporal relationship between subclinical atrial fibrillation and embolic events".
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Jeff S
authors: JS
authors: Healey
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaClinica di Cardiologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Michela
authors: M
authors: Brambatti
authors: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors: Michael R
authors: MR
authors: Gold
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Carlos A
authors: CA
authors: Morillo
authors: Clinica di Cardiologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Capucci
authors: Cardiology Department, Loreto Mare, Napoli, Italy.
authors: Carmine
authors: C
authors: Muto
authors: Queen Mary Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Chu P
authors: CP
authors: Lau
authors: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Isabelle C
authors: IC
authors: Van Gelder
authors: J.W.GoetheUniversity, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors: Stefan H
authors: SH
authors: Hohnloser
authors: St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, CA, Zaventem, Belgium.
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Carlson
authors: St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, CA, Zaventem, Belgium.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Fain
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Juliet
authors: J
authors: Nakamya
authors: Clinique du Sud Luxembourg, Arlon, Belgium.
authors: Georges H
authors: GH
authors: Mairesse
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Halytska
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Wei Q
authors: WQ
authors: Deng
authors: Klinik für Innere Medizin - Kardiologie, Diabetologie & Nephrologie, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: C W
authors: CW
authors: Israel
authors: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Stuart J
authors: SJ
authors: Connolly
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*