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Afib Linked to Dementia Incidence and Mortality
Medical News: Afib Linked to Dementia Incidence and Mortality – in Cardiovascular, Arrhythmias from MedPage Today
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Statins Linked to Lower Mortality in Afib
Medical News: HFSA: Statins Tied to Lower Mortality in Afib – in Meeting Coverage, HFSA from MedPage Today Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those who are taking a statin may be less likely to...
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Pradaxa Bleeding Deaths
Medical News: Pradaxa Bleeding Deaths Raise Concern – in Cardiovascular, Strokes from MedPage Today Dabigatran Etexilate: A Novel Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor: Abstract and Introduction We are...
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AFib-Related Thrombogenesis (Virchow Was Right)
Virchow Was Right. A graphic that explains why we rate atrial fibrillation.
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Afib Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
Atrial fibrillation may raise the risk of sudden cardiac death, according to findings from two large population-based cohorts. The risk of sudden cardiac death was elevated 3.26-fold with incident...
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Afib Linked to Silent Stroke
MRI indicated silent cerebral ischemia lesions in 89% patients with paroxysmal Afib and 92% with persistent Afib compared with 46% of controls, which wasn’t significantly different between the two...
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Bisphosphonates Raise Afib Risk
Bisphosphonate use was associated with significantly increased risks of atrial fibrillation and serious atrial fibrillation, researchers found. A systematic review of randomized controlled studies and...
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Blood-Thinner Pradaxa: What You Should Know
Blood-Thinner Pradaxa: What You Should Know. Concerns about Pradaxa surfaced 2 years ago, he says, when doctors began reporting a larger number of serious and sometimes fatal bleeding problems in older...
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Stroke Rounds: Opioids Linked to Afib | Medpage Today
Stroke Rounds: Opioids Linked to Afib | Medpage Today.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Atrial Fibrillation, and Stroke | Physician’s Weekly
Researchers in Connecticut have found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be an independent predictor of stroke. via Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Atrial...
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