Progress for Stroke Prevention With Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Emergence of Alternative Oral Anticoagulants

Circ.ahajournals.org: Michael Katsnelson, MD; Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, FAHA, FAAN; Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA., March 27, 2012.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is both a common cardiac arrhythmia and a frequent cause of cardioembolic strokes. The prevalence of AF markedly increases with age and with the current population trends, the number of patients with AF is expected to continue to grow and may reach 12 million in the United States by 2050.1 AF accounts for up to 20% of all ischemic strokes and independently increases the risk of these events by up to 5-fold.2,3 Various cardiovascular risk factors do increase the risk of AF and given the continuing rise of obesity and resultant hypertension and diabetes, the future healthcare burden of AF-related strokes is likely to greatly increase. Read More

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