Tag: oral anticoagulant
Algorithms can identify rate of OAC prescription for AF in emergency...
Researchers have derived several algorithms to identify emergency department (ED) oral anticoagulant prescriptions for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in a large health dataset....
White paper from Heart Rhythm Society suggests Afib treatment has reached...
The Heart Rhythm Society has published a white paper looking at the consequences of oral anticoagulants for managing stroke risk in atrial fibrillation which...
Risk of dementia higher without oral anticoagulants for AF
A retrospective national Swedish registry study by Leif Friberg and Mårten Rosenqvist (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) has found that the risk of dementia is...
Low-risk AF for stroke identified with CHA2DS2-VASc Score
A Korean nationwide cohort study by Tae-Hoon Kim et al has shown that truly low-risk Asian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) for stroke can...
Janssen and Premier to initiate stroke risk management study among AF...
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with Premier on the first and largest study of its kind to address an unmet medical need for hospitalised patients...