Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving routine medical care within a large managed care organization were found to have suboptimal anticoagulation control. Retrospective cross-sectional study of ...

One direct-acting anticoagulant stands out as the least likely to cause dangerous bleeding in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study. But other new research questions the ...

Objective: To evaluate data addressing use of anticoagulation in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular those at risk of falls. Data Sources: Primary literature was identified ...

Nearly 1 in 4 patients with atrial fibrillation who experience an ischaemic stroke despite oral anticoagulation have ...

The net clinical benefit of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) -- one of the most important causes of irregular heartbeats and a leading cause of stroke -- decreases with age, as the risk of ...

Atrial fibrillation treatment with device closure matched anticoagulants and reduced bleeding risk. Discover what this means for AF care.

MADRID -- Stopping oral anticoagulation after successful ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF, Afib) improved outcomes for patients without documented recurrence, the randomized ALONE-AF trial showed.

So-called silent infarcts were not uncommon for older atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients, even when on oral anticoagulation, in a prospective Swiss study. Over a 2-year period, 5.5% of well-treated ...

During atrial fibrillation, the heart's two small upper chambers tremble rather than beat, raising the risk of blood clots and stroke. Since the 1950s, AFib patients have relied on the anticoagulant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data show early anticoagulation after acute stroke in people with atrial fibrillation is safe when indicated.

Atrial fibrillation patients with mental illness are less likely to receive warfarin anticoagulation; those who do receive warfarin have excess risk of over-anticoagulation. Objectives: To determine ...

Device-detected atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) are atrial arrhythmias detected by implanted cardiac devices. AHREs resemble atrial fibrillation but are rare and brief. Whether the occurrence of ...