Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention in the community

JE O'CONNELL, CS Gray - Age and ageing, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… are not given antithrombotic therapy for stroke prevention in AF. It is … Anticoagulation for
stroke prevention in AF is costeffective … Atrial Fibrillation Trial of secondary stroke prevention in a …

Evaluation of patients' attitudes towards stroke prevention and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation

S LaHaye, S Regpala, S Lacombe… - Thrombosis and …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
… of stroke in order to agree to initiate antithrombotic therapy, and patients were willing to endure
4.4 major bleeds in order to prevent one stroke. In … of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. …

Apixaban for stroke prevention in subclinical atrial fibrillation

JS Healey, RD Lopes, CB Granger… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
… of clinical atrial fibrillation. Even though these episodes of atrial fibrillation lasted minutes
to … We proposed the term subclinical atrial fibrillation to describe atrial fibrillation that is …

Primary and secondary prevention with new oral anticoagulant drugs for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: indirect comparison analysis

LH Rasmussen, TB Larsen, T Graungaard, F Skjøth… - Bmj, 2012 - bmj.com
prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation, apixaban, rivaroxaban, and dabigatran have
broadly similar efficacy for the main endpoints, although the endpoints of haemorrhagic stroke, …

Real-world evidence of stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the United States: the REVISIT-US study

CI Coleman, M Antz, K Bowrin, T Evers… - … medical research and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Little data exists regarding the effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban or apixaban
versus warfarin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients treated outside of clinical …

New appraisal of atrial fibrillation burden and stroke prevention

R Passman, RA Bernstein - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
… Event rates during the trial were lower than expected and the combined end point of
bleeding and stroke may have obscured any benefit for stroke prevention in this study. …

Are cost benefits of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation underestimated?

PSJ Miller, FL Andersson, L Kalra - Stroke, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Stroke outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (… stroke prevention in AF may currently be
underestimated by existing economic models that do not distinguish between different stroke

Anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: how well do randomized trials translate into clinical practice?

AS Go, EM Hylek, Y Chang, KA Phillips, LE Henault… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
… The Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial for Atrial Fibrillation Investigators. The effect of low-dose
warfarin on the risk of stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. …

Early detection of occult atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention

JW Keach, SM Bradley, MP Turakhia, TM Maddox - Heart, 2015 - heart.bmj.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a very common arrhythmia and significantly increases stroke risk.
This … , or occult, preventing timely detection and treatment. Accordingly, occult AF may cause …

Stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a stakeholder perspective

M Alkhouli, PA Noseworthy, CS Rihal… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
… of atrial fibrillation worldwide has raised concerns about the dire need for effective stroke
prevention … the contemporary issues surrounding stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation from the …