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The ECG and rhythm strip in the Figure were obtained from an elderly woman admitted for an acute stroke. Her neurologic deficit was not progressing, and she was clinically stable at the time of admission to the hospital. No history of smoking. The computer interpreted her rhythm as atrial fibrillation. Do you agree? Should the patient be anticoagulated?

ECG Review: A CVA to be Anticoagulated?