Olesen JB, Lip GYH, Hansen ML, et al. Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study. BMJ 2011; ...

Female sex has a strong relationship with stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular A-fib, a new analysis affirms, but the disparity between women and men varies according to the presence of other risk ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and its diagnosis and management are crucial tasks for emergency physicians. An important aspect of treating patients with AF is ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Dabigatran 150mg was superior to warfarin and dabigatran 110mg was noninferior to warfarin for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) regardless of CHA2DS2-VASc ...

In contrast, a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0 identifies a subgroup of patients with very low stroke risk unlikely to benefit from anticoagulation treatment. Professor Nabauer said: "AF is the most frequent ...

Physicians and atrial fibrillation patients must weigh the risks and benefits of using blood thinners to prevent stroke, bleeding, and death -- but current guidelines don't do enough to discern a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — New data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions suggest that in a real-world ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The strongest predictors of incident AF with a HR of 1.2 or greater were hypertension, older age, CAD, HF, ...

Although patients with A-fib and those with atrial flutter (AFL) are generally managed by clinicians in much the same way for stroke prevention, new data suggest that a common risk score used for both ...

A recent British study published in European Heart Journal has reignited discussions on the role of sex as a determinant in prescribing anticoagulants, particularly for patients under the age of 65.

The CHADS2 stroke risk scores 0 or 1 assign more than one-third of patients in atrial fibrillation with stroke to low or intermediate risk not mandating oral anticoagulation, according to new research ...