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When atrial fibrillation (AF) is detected after a cerebrovascular event, it should be treated with oral anticoagulation: that’s the general consensus of stroke experts speaking in a session on ...

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The ACCP guidelines recommend use of aspirin 325 mg for patients with AF who are considered to have a low stroke risk. Either aspirin 325 mg daily or warfarin with an international normalized ratio ...

Findings emphasise the need for optimisation of risk factors in patients with AF beyond anticoagulation therapy. During a median follow-up period of 3.0 years, the incidence rates (number of events ...

Blood thinners (anticoagulants) cause bleeding without preventing stroke in patients with atrial high rate episodes (AHRE), but without electrocardiogram (ECG)-diagnosed atrial fibrillation, according ...

BERLIN, Germany—The overall rate of ischemic stroke fell by about 25% over a recent 12- year period among patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) who were not taking oral ...

Warfarin Doesn’t Reduce Stroke Risk in Dialysis Patients Warfarin, a common anti-coagulant for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, may not actually reduce the risk of stroke in ...

Michael B. Bottorff, PharmD: We’ve been using warfarin for atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention for quite some time, now. It’s an indirect acting anticoagulant. The way it works is that it blocks ...

The blood thinner warfarin can be safely and effectively used to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to an article in the November 26 issue of The Journal of the American ...