# WITHDRAWN: Clinical implication of the patient's disease awareness and adherence to medications in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation

## TL;DR

This withdrawn paper aimed to explore how a patient's understanding of their disease and medication adherence affects outcomes in atrial fibrillation ablation.

## Contribution

The study sought to highlight the clinical importance of disease awareness and medication adherence in atrial fibrillation patients.

## Key findings

- The paper was withdrawn due to unauthorized use of the MMAS-8 scale.
- No findings are valid as the article was retracted.

## Abstract

WITHDRAWN:
SawadaM.
MD,
OtsukaN.
MD, PhD,
NagashimaK.
MD, PhD,
WatanabeR.
MD, PhD,
WakamatsuY.
MD, PhD,
HayashidaS.
MD, PhD,
HirataS.
MD,
HirataM.
MD,
KurokawaS.
MD, PhD,
OkumuraY.
MD, PhD, Clinical implication of the patient's disease awareness and adherence to medications in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation, Journal of Arrhythmia
40, no. 1 (2023): 57‐66, 10.1002/joa3.12965
38333379
PMC10848582

The above article, first published online on 6 December 2023, on Wiley Online Library (onlinelibrary.wiley.com), has been withdrawn by agreement between the authors, the Editors in Chief Kazuo Matsumoto and Young‐Hoon Kim, the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society, and John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd. The withdrawal has been made because the authors had not obtained permission to use the MMAS‐8 scale reported in the article. The authors apologize for this error.