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Medical News Today: Atrial fibrillation may raise dementia risk by 50%
According to the largest research of its kind yet, atrial fibrillation may raise the risk of dementia even in people who did not experience a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: A-fib patients at lower stroke, death risk with early cardiology care
Receiving cardiology care within 90 days of atrial fibrillation diagnosis may lower patients' stroke and death risks by up to 11 percent, study finds.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Anti-coagulant treatment for atrial fibrillation does not worsen outcomes for patients with kidney disease
Although some research has suggested that the use of the anticoagulant warfarin for atrial fibrillation among patients with chronic kidney disease would increase the risk of death or stroke, a study that included more than 24,000 patients found a lower l-year risk of the combined outcomes of death, heart attack or stroke without a higher risk of bleeding, according to a study in JAMA. Juan Jesus Carrero, Ph.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news
In the first 30 days of warfarin use, risk of stroke increases among atrial fibrillation patients
Patients with atrial fibrillation - an irregular and often abnormally fast heartbeat- have nearly double the risk of suffering a stroke in the first 30 days after starting to take the anti-clotting drug warfarin compared to non-users, according to a study of over 70,000 patients.The study, published online in the European Heart Journal [1], found that the risk was particularly high in the first week after patients started to take the drug. In contrast, once the first 30 days had elapsed, the risk of a stroke was halved in patients taking warfarin compared to non-users.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Rapid increase in use of novel oral anticoagulants in very elderly patients under scrutiny
The use of novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has increased rapidly in Ontario, Canada, especially in people aged 85 years and over, in the 2 years since the drugs were approved for use in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to new research published in CMAJ Open. This rapid increase signals the need to evaluate outcomes from the use of these drugs in an elderly, high-risk population much older than the population involved in the studies. More than 350 000 Canadians, especially older people, have AF, and anticoagulants are used for the prevention of stroke in these patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news
Serious complications risk & high recurrence rates for pediatric atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), characterized by a rapid and irregular heartbeat, is the most common chronic arrhythmia in adults, but is rare in children. In one of the first studies of pediatric "lone AF" (AF without associated heart disease), researchers found a nearly 40% recurrence rate and that AF in the young is accompanied by substantial symptoms. Three patients had significant complications: one with a stroke and two with substantially impaired heart function. The researchers' findings are published in the October issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Statin therapy prior to CABG surgery may improve outcomes
Patients receiving statin therapy before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery appear to have a reduced risk of post-surgical mortality, stroke, and atrial fibrillation (irregular or rapid heart rate), according to an article in the October 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. These same benefits from statins could not be demonstrated for patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR). "Heart surgery patients typically have a number of other disorders, so we need to optimize the patient's preoperative condition and help ensure the best possible result," said Elmar W...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Statins Source Type: news
Anticoagulant therapy is underused in high-risk atrial fibrillation
AMSTERDAM - Investigators are reporting widespread underuse of anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are at high risk of stroke, despite the fact that such therapy is known to decrease stroke risk in this population. The findings were released at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2013 and represent one-year outcomes from the ongoing Global Anticoagulant Registry in the Field (GARFIELD), which is the largest prospective database tracking AF patients at increased stroke risk...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
First study of its kind to show heart procedure reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation despite other factors
A new study shows catheter ablation, a common procedure used to treat heart rhythm disorders, may reduce stroke risk for those with atrial fibrillation (AF) - the most common arrhythmia. The multicenter study, published in the September edition of HeartRhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), is the first to show AF ablation patients have significantly lower risk of stroke compared to AF patients who do not undergo ablation regardless of stroke risk profile...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
One-year data from global atrial fibrillation (AF) registry show antithrombotic agents not optimally used to prevent stroke
One-year outcomes data from the first cohort of the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD), an innovative, independent academic research initiative, provide insights into the elevated stroke risk among subpopulations of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The findings, from eight abstracts presented this week at the ESC Congress 2013, collectively show that anticoagulant therapy - which is known to significantly lower stroke risk in AF patients - is consistently under-utilised among those at-risk AF patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Remember to weigh up risks and benefits of new PBS-listed anticoagulants
NPS MedicineWise is reiterating safety messages around the newer anticoagulants dabigatran (Pradaxa) and apixaban (Eliquis) following their PBS listing for preventing stroke on 1 September 2013 - and again for rivaxabaran (Xarelto) which was PBS listed in August for the same purpose. These medicines will be subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for preventing stroke in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, and may offer alternatives for some people...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Mass screening identifies untreated AF in 5% of 75-76 year olds
Stroke is the second cause of death worldwide. Atrial fibrillation is the most common clinically relevant cardiac arrhythmia in Europe, affecting approximately 1.5-2% of the general population.[1] Prevalence is estimated to double in the next 50 years as the population ages. Patients with atrial fibrillation have a five-fold increased risk of ischaemic stroke even though around 30% have no symptoms. As blood is less adequately shifted from the heart during atrial fibrillation, blood clots can form and cause large ischaemic strokes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
New Eliquis® (apixaban) post-hoc subanalysis of the Phase III ARISTOTLE trial
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced results of a post-hoc subanalysis from the Phase III ARISTOTLE trial. Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who are anticoagulated to reduce the risk of stroke often undergo procedures for which temporary discontinuation of the anticoagulant prior to and following the procedure is sometimes warranted...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
General practitioners undertreat women with atrial fibrillation
General practitioners (GPs) undertreat women with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Dr Pierre Sabouret from France. The analysis of more than 15,000 patients showed that women were undertreated with antithrombotic medications compared to men regardless of their stroke risk and comorbidities. Dr Sabouret said: "Gender-related differences among outpatients with stable coronary artery disease are well known.1-6 Heart diseases are one of the most important causes of death among women worldwide...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news
Impact of atrial fibrillation on stroke risk eliminated with multiple risk factors
Dr Benn Christiansen said: "We know that atrial fibrillation increases the risk of ischemic stroke. And in patients with atrial fibrillation or previous ischemic stroke, the risk of stroke increases with the number of risk factors. But until now, little attention has been paid to the association between stroke risk and risk factors in patients without prior stroke or atrial fibrillation. We wanted to explore that association and to quantify if stroke risk was of comparable size in patients with numerous risk factors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
