… the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular regarding stroke prevention
… [1] As a consequence, rates of stroke and thromboembolic events have decreased markedly…

… While stroke prevention has been the primary focus of therapy for AF, heart failure is the
most common cause of death among individuals with atrial fibrillation, and one of the leading …

… atrial fibrillation before stroke (KAF) and atrial fibrillation detected after stroke (AFDAS),
underlying atrial … risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). Poststroke neurogenic mechanisms, including …

… There has been sustained focus on the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and
… from stroke prevention, the evidence base for the secondary prevention of atrial fibrillation (…

… for stroke prevention in AF patients. Our findings will highlight barriers to stroke prevention
that may help to inform future interventions supporting clinicians in managing AF patients. …

… populations at risk for new or undetected atrial fibrillation in a way that is cost effective and
minimally disruptive? • What is the optimal stroke prevention strategy in patients at high risk …

… Age 65–74 years was a significant risk factor for stroke in the AFI 68 and the Swedish
Cohort Atrial Fibrillation study. In the 2016 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular …

… the evidence on the non-stroke AF complications, primarily focusing on the elderly. … Roalfe
and collaborators, by studying AF patients from the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of …

… anticoagulant treatment selection in patients with atrial fibrillation who are at risk of experiencing
… Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased stroke and systemic embolism rates and …

… costs of health care services and cost effectiveness in relation to different treatments, relations
of socio-economic status, mental illness and dementia with the treatments the patients are …