Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with substantial morbidity and
mortality, particularly due to thromboembolic strokes, the prevalence of which is expected to rise …

… strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation are cardioembolic; nearly a third of the patients in
atrial fibrillation suffer atherosclerotic or small-vessel strokes… prevalence of atrial fibrillation, …

… Warfarin was compared with aspirin–clopidogrel combination therapy for stroke prevention
in the Atrial fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial with Irbesartan for prevention of Vascular Events (…

… apart from atrial fibrillation (lone atrial fibrillation) are at very low risk of stroke and systemic
… Patients with intermittent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation have a lower risk of emboli than those …

… One is the choice of strategy to treat the AFib, ie, whether to … preventing the principal risk
associated with AFib: stroke and systemic embolism. The focus of this review is stroke prevention…

… • Clinical guidelines for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation do not currently
take pattern and duration of arrhythmia into account as part of risk stratification. More recent …

… Ximelagatran vs warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
… Ximelagatran vs warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. …

… of atrial fibrillation and atrial fibrillation-related stroke. An individual's risk of atrial
fibrillation-related stroke … the number of patients with atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke who are …

… is a strong, independent risk factor for ischemic stroke, but this common cardiac dysrhythmia
… strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation are cardioembolic caused by embolism of left atrial …

… reduction in ischaemic stroke by warfarin over aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation, …
for lowering incidence of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, and our results …