Stroke Prevention in AF: What are Your Options?
The path to reducing risk of stroke in AF patients is far from straight and narrow. A case and 3 questions test your clinical navigation skills.
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Your atrial fibrillation spot quiz of the week -- take a minute and try these 3 short questions.
The path to reducing risk of stroke in AF patients is far from straight and narrow. A case and 3 questions test your clinical navigation skills.
Post-procedure AF, once thought to be an artifact of healing, turns out to be a sign of significant risk, a new study finds.
Consider this case of a 92-year-old man who presents with permanent atrial fibrillation and multiple comorbidities. Should he be anticoagulated?
A 76-year-old woman with drug eluting stent placed post-STEMI will need an antiplatelet regimen. What would you recommend?
A small single-center study yields provocative results that may help increase understanding of the importance of the left atrial appendage.
Results of the largest study to assess impact of left atrial appendage closure during routine non-AF-related cardiac surgery raise a few new questions.
A recent study finds an unexepcted association between the CVD biomarker lipoprotein(a), atrial fibrillation, and stroke.
A topline review of 3 more of the top 6 studies of 2017 in afib includes the death of digoxin, go and no-go foods, and afib and ESRD.
Cardiologist and Patient Care author Payal Kohli, MD offers snap shots of 6 influential studies that will affect the future of AF diagnosis and treatment.
Bleeding and "mysterious" sginal for MI seen in RE-LY persist. Message: continue to weigh risk vs benefit.