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

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

doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04245-5

. 2026 Feb 4;32(2):767. doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04245-5

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

Léna Rivard ^1,^✉, Paul Khairy ¹, Mario Talajic ¹, Jean-Claude Tardif ¹, Jeffrey S Healey ², Sandra E Black ³, Jason G Andrade ⁴, Thalia S Field ⁵, Isabelle Nault ⁶, Louis Bherer ¹, Fadi Massoud ⁷, Stanley Nattel ¹, Sylvain Lanthier ⁸, Normand Racine ¹, Jean-François Roux ⁹, Isabelle Greiss ¹⁰, Laurent Macle ¹, Peter G Guerra ¹, Rafik Tadros ¹, Hélène Mayrand ¹¹, Gilbert Gosselin ¹, David Conen ², Christian Bocti ⁹, Céline Chayer ¹², Yan Deschaintre ¹², Roopinder K Sandhu ¹³, Jaimie Manlucu ¹⁴, Yaariv Khaykin ¹⁵, Atul Verma ¹⁶, Blandine Mondésert ¹, Katia Dyrda ¹, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny ¹, Bernard Thibault ¹, Alexandre Raymond-Paquin ¹, Martin Aguilar ¹, Judith Brouillette ¹, André Roussin ¹⁰, Alain Robillard ¹⁷, Maxime Tremblay-Gravel ¹, Louis-Philippe David ¹, Mariève Cossette ¹⁸, Ratika Parkash ¹⁹, Marie-Claude Guertin ¹⁸, Denis Roy ¹, on behalf of the BRAIN-AF investigators

¹Department of Medicine, and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada

²Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada

³Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada

⁴Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

⁵Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

⁶Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada

⁷Centre Hospitalier Charles-LeMoyne, Longueuil, Quebec Canada

⁸Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada

⁹Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Quebec Canada

¹⁰Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada

¹¹CISSS de Laval, Laval, Quebec Canada

¹²Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada

¹³Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta Canada

¹⁴London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario Canada

¹⁵Southlake Health, Newmarket, Ontario Canada

¹⁶Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec Canada

¹⁷Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Quebec Canada

¹⁸Seriant (formally Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre), Montreal, Quebec Canada

¹⁹Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

²⁰Cambridge Cardiac Care Center, Cambridge, Ontario Canada

²¹CIUSSSdu Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi, Quebec Canada

²²CIUSSS MCQ CHAUR – Centre Hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivière, Quebec Canada

²³Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada

²⁴Clinique Cardiologie de Lévis, Levis, Quebec Canada

²⁵CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec Canada

²⁶Cardio 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

²⁷Hamilton Health Sciences-General Site, Hamilton, Ontario Canada

²⁸Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario Canada

²⁹CISSSMC, Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, London, Ontario Canada

³⁰Cardiology Clinic, Kitchener, Ontario Canada

³¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada

³²CardiAi Inc, Calgary, Alberta Canada

³³St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario Canada

³⁴Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta Canada

³⁵CISSS BSL, Hôpital de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec Canada

³⁶St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

³⁷CRDC Rive-Sud, Longueuil, Quebec Canada

³⁸CISSS des Laurentides, Unité de recherche clinique, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec Canada

³⁹Vizel Cardiac Research, Cambridge, Ontario Canada

⁴⁰Office of Dr. TunZan Maung, MD, Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada

⁴¹Oakville Cardiovascular Research LP, Oakville, Ontario Canada

⁴²University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

⁴³McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada

⁴⁴CIUSSS de l’Estrie, CHUS Centre Haute-Yamaska, Hôpital de Granby, Granby, Quebec Canada

⁴⁵McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec Canada

⁴⁶Centre Hospitalier Régional de Lanaudière, Joliette, Quebec Canada

⁴⁷Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick Canada

⁴⁸North Shore Heart Center, North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

⁴⁹Viacar Recherche Clinique, Inc., Greenfield Park, Quebec Canada

⁵⁰St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

⁵¹One Heart Care, Mississauga, Ontario Canada

⁵²Cardiology Research Associates of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick Canada

⁵³Heart Care Research, Oshawa, Ontario Canada

⁵⁴West Island Cardiovascular Clinic, Pointe-Claire, Quebec Canada

⁵⁵Winston Tsui MD Inc., Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada

⁵⁶Office of Dr. William Liang, MD, Hamilton, Ontario Canada

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Corresponding author.

PMCID: PMC12920110 PMID: 41639380

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

Léna Rivard

Paul Khairy

Mario Talajic

Jean-Claude Tardif

Jeffrey S Healey

Sandra E Black

Jason G Andrade

Thalia S Field

Isabelle Nault

Louis Bherer

Fadi Massoud

Stanley Nattel

Sylvain Lanthier

Normand Racine

Jean-François Roux

Isabelle Greiss

Laurent Macle

Peter G Guerra

Rafik Tadros

Hélène Mayrand

Gilbert Gosselin

David Conen

Christian Bocti

Céline Chayer

Yan Deschaintre

Roopinder K Sandhu

Jaimie Manlucu

Yaariv Khaykin

Atul Verma

Blandine Mondésert

Katia Dyrda

Julia Cadrin-Tourigny

Bernard Thibault

Alexandre Raymond-Paquin

Martin Aguilar

Judith Brouillette

André Roussin

Alain Robillard

Maxime Tremblay-Gravel

Louis-Philippe David

Mariève Cossette

Ratika Parkash

Marie-Claude Guertin

Denis Roy

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