1:4:4 ratio read as one to four to four ratio?

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We randomly assigned 589 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation in a 1:4:4 ratio to ablation with pulmonary-vein isolation alone (67 patients), pulmonary-vein isolation plus ablation of electrograms showing complex fractionated activity (263 patients), or pulmonary-vein isolation plus additional linear ablation across the left atrial roof and mitral valve isthmus (259 patients). The duration of follow-up was 18 months. The primary end point was freedom from any documented recurrence of atrial fibrillation lasting longer than 30 seconds after a single ablation procedure.

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http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1408288?query=featured_home

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@oristarA,

That's how I would read it oristar

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@chai2,

Thanks.
Do you think the article sounds native? If so, British or American?

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@oristarA,

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Do you think the article sounds native? If so, British or American?

It will certainly have been checked & edited if necessary to conform with the house style of the New England Journal of Medicine, which (fairly obviously) is US based. Academic and scientific journals tend to show less US/British variation than other types of publication.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Cool.
Where to find a small thumb-up smiley?
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