Publisher Correction: Anticoagulation to prevent ischemic stroke and neurocognitive impairment in atrial fibrillation: the BRAIN-AF randomized clinical trial

Rivard, Léna; Khairy, Paul; Talajic, Mario; Tardif, Jean-Claude; Healey, Jeffrey S.; Black, Sandra E.; Andrade, Jason G.; Field, Thalia S.; Nault, Isabelle; Bherer, Louis; Massoud, Fadi; Nattel, Stanley; Lanthier, Sylvain; Racine, Normand; Roux, Jean-François; Greiss, Isabelle; Macle, Laurent; Guerra, Peter G.; Tadros, Rafik; Mayrand, Hélène; Gosselin, Gilbert; Conen, David; Bocti, Christian; Chayer, Céline; Deschaintre, Yan; Sandhu, Roopinder K.; Manlucu, Jaimie; Khaykin, Yaariv; Verma, Atul; Mondésert, Blandine; Dyrda, Katia; Cadrin-Tourigny, Julia; Thibault, Bernard; Raymond-Paquin, Alexandre; Aguilar, Martin; Brouillette, Judith; Roussin, André; Robillard, Alain; Tremblay-Gravel, Maxime; David, Louis-Philippe; Cossette, Mariève; Parkash, Ratika; Guertin, Marie-Claude; Roy, Denis

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Publisher Correction: Anticoagulation to prevent ischemic stroke and neurocognitive impairment in atrial fibrillation: the BRAIN-AF randomized clinical trial

Léna Rivard ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-0850¹,
Paul Khairy¹,
Mario Talajic¹,
Jean-Claude Tardif ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-8983¹,
Jeffrey S. Healey²,
Sandra E. Black ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7093-8289³,
Jason G. Andrade ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-5123⁴,
Thalia S. Field ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1176-0633⁵,
Isabelle Nault⁶,
Louis Bherer¹,
Fadi Massoud⁷,
Stanley Nattel ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5565-3311¹,
Sylvain Lanthier ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-5514⁸,
Normand Racine¹,
Jean-François Roux ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-1678⁹,
Isabelle Greiss ORCID: orcid.org/0009-0009-0926-0494¹⁰,
Laurent Macle¹,
Peter G. Guerra¹,
Rafik Tadros¹,
Hélène Mayrand¹¹,
Gilbert Gosselin¹,
David Conen²,
Christian Bocti⁹,
Céline Chayer¹²,
Yan Deschaintre¹²,
Roopinder K. Sandhu¹³,
Jaimie Manlucu¹⁴,
Yaariv Khaykin ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-0909¹⁵,
Atul Verma¹⁶,
Blandine Mondésert¹,
Katia Dyrda¹,
Julia Cadrin-Tourigny¹,
Bernard Thibault¹,
Alexandre Raymond-Paquin¹,
Martin Aguilar¹,
Judith Brouillette¹,
André Roussin¹⁰,
Alain Robillard¹⁷,
Maxime Tremblay-Gravel¹,
Louis-Philippe David¹,
Mariève Cossette¹⁸,
Ratika Parkash¹⁹,
Marie-Claude Guertin¹⁸ &
Denis Roy¹
on behalf of the BRAIN-AF investigators

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The Original Article was published on 07 January 2026

Correction to: Nature Medicine https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04101-y, published online 7 January 2026.

In the version of the article initially published, the members of the BRAIN-AF investigators group appeared in both the main author list and the consortium author list. This has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article, so that they only appear in the consortium author list.

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Department of Medicine, and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Léna Rivard, Paul Khairy, Mario Talajic, Jean-Claude Tardif, Louis Bherer, Stanley Nattel, Normand Racine, Laurent Macle, Peter G. Guerra, Rafik Tadros, Gilbert Gosselin, Blandine Mondésert, Katia Dyrda, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, Bernard Thibault, Alexandre Raymond-Paquin, Martin Aguilar, Judith Brouillette, Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, Louis-Philippe David & Denis Roy
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jeffrey S. Healey & David Conen
Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sandra E. Black
Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jason G. Andrade
Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thalia S. Field
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Isabelle Nault
Centre Hospitalier Charles-LeMoyne, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Fadi Massoud
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sylvain Lanthier
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Jean-François Roux & Christian Bocti
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Isabelle Greiss & André Roussin
CISSS de Laval, Laval, Quebec, Canada
Hélène Mayrand
Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Céline Chayer & Yan Deschaintre
Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Roopinder K. Sandhu
London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Jaimie Manlucu
Southlake Health, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Yaariv Khaykin
Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Atul Verma
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Alain Robillard
Seriant (formally Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mariève Cossette & Marie-Claude Guertin
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ratika Parkash
Cambridge Cardiac Care Center, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
A. Shekhar Pandey
CIUSSSdu Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Francis Pichette
CIUSSS MCQ CHAUR – Centre Hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivière, Quebec, Canada
Miguel Barrero
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Teresa Kus
Clinique Cardiologie de Lévis, Levis, Quebec, Canada
Ariane Lemieux
CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Valérie Gaudreault
Cardio 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Peiman Marzban
Hamilton Health Sciences-General Site, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jorge Wong
Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
Peter Leong Sit
CISSSMC, Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, London, Ontario, Canada
David Laflamme
Cardiology Clinic, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Ronald Fowlis
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Kenneth Quadros
CardiAi Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Anmol Kapoor
St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Umjeet S. Jolly
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Stephen Wilton
CISSS BSL, Hôpital de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Fabian Alejandro Azzari
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul Dorian
CRDC Rive-Sud, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
François Deslongchamps
CISSS des Laurentides, Unité de recherche clinique, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Yves Pesant
Vizel Cardiac Research, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Saul Vizel
Office of Dr. TunZan Maung, MD, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
TunZan Maung
Oakville Cardiovascular Research LP, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Michael Heffernan
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pablo Nery
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Greg Curnew
CIUSSS de l’Estrie, CHUS Centre Haute-Yamaska, Hôpital de Granby, Granby, Quebec, Canada
Stéphanie Bourgeois
McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vidal Essebag
Centre Hospitalier Régional de Lanaudière, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Simon Kouz
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Luc Cormier
North Shore Heart Center, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
John Vyselaar
Viacar Recherche Clinique, Inc., Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Raja Chehayeb & François St-Maurice
St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Clarence Khoo
One Heart Care, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Anil Gupta
Cardiology Research Associates of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Ricardo Bessoudo
Heart Care Research, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Rakesh Bhargava
West Island Cardiovascular Clinic, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Franco Sandrin & Gernot Schram
Winston Tsui MD Inc., Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Winston Tsui
Office of Dr. William Liang, MD, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
William Liang

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on behalf of the BRAIN-AF investigators

A. Shekhar Pandey
, Francis Pichette
, Miguel Barrero
, Teresa Kus
, Ariane Lemieux
, Valérie Gaudreault
, Peiman Marzban
, Jorge Wong
, Peter Leong Sit
, David Laflamme
, Ronald Fowlis
, Kenneth Quadros
, Anmol Kapoor
, Umjeet S. Jolly
, Stephen Wilton
, Fabian Alejandro Azzari
, Paul Dorian
, François Deslongchamps
, Yves Pesant
, Saul Vizel
, TunZan Maung
, Michael Heffernan
, Pablo Nery
, Greg Curnew
, Stéphanie Bourgeois
, Vidal Essebag
, Simon Kouz
, Luc Cormier
, John Vyselaar
, Raja Chehayeb
, Clarence Khoo
, Anil Gupta
, Ricardo Bessoudo
, Rakesh Bhargava
, Franco Sandrin
, Gernot Schram
, François St-Maurice
, Winston Tsui
& William Liang

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Correspondence to Léna Rivard.

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Rivard, L., Khairy, P., Talajic, M. et al. Publisher Correction: Anticoagulation to prevent ischemic stroke and neurocognitive impairment in atrial fibrillation: the BRAIN-AF randomized clinical trial. Nat Med (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04245-5

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