This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jce.13138. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Risk of stroke and recurrence after AF ablation in patients with an initial event-free period of 12 months Simon Kochhäuser MD 1 , Pouria Alipour BSc 1 , Tanjah Haig-Carter BSc 1 , Kathleen Trought BSc 1 , Philip Hache BSc 1 , Yaariv Khaykin MD 1 , Zaev Wulffhart MD 1 , Alfredo Pantano MD 1 , Bernice Tsang MD 1 , David Birnie MD 2 , Atul Verma MD 1 1 Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 2 Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada Short Title: Stroke and recurrence after AF-ablation Address for Correspondence Atul Verma, MD FRCPC FHRS Email: atul.verma@utoronto.ca Southlake Regional Health Centre, 602-581 Davis Dr, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2P6, Canada