‘Pill-in-the-pocket’ Oral Anticoagulation Guided by Daily Rhythm Monitoring for Stroke Prevention in Patients with AF: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

‘Pill-in-the-pocket’ Oral Anticoagulation Guided by Daily Rhythm Monitoring for Stroke Prevention in Patients with AF: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is seen as a health epidemic.1 In Europe, one in three individua ls aged ≥55 years will develop AF at some point in the future.2 AF-related strokes account for approximately one-quarter of all strokes.3,4 Lifelong oral anticoagulation (OAC) remains the cornerstone of...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research