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Prediabetes Tied to Increased Stroke Risk With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Prediabetes Tied to Increased Stroke Risk With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation may be further increased by prediabetes, a new study suggests.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Pradaxa Fails to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke Pradaxa Fails to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke
Dabigatran, sold under the brand name Pradaxa by Boehringer Ingelheim to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation, is no more effective than aspirin for preventing a subsequent stroke in patients who have experienced a cryptogenic stroke.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Stroke Risk Should Be Reassessed Annually in A-Fib Stroke Risk Should Be Reassessed Annually in A-Fib
The risk of stroke should be reassessed annually in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), because CHA2DS2-VASc scores used to determine the need for anticoagulation commonly rise over time, researchers from Taiwan report.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Stroke Risk Lower in Atrial Flutter Than Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk Lower in Atrial Flutter Than Atrial Fibrillation
The same stratification and treatment approaches are used for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in stroke prevention, but a new study suggests they should be assessed and treated differently.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
RE-LY: NSAIDs Plus Anticoagulants a Dangerous Combination RE-LY: NSAIDs Plus Anticoagulants a Dangerous Combination
The authors caution against using an NSAID with oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation after finding an increased risk for bleeding and stroke.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
CROMIS-2: Microbleeds on MRI May Flag Higher ICH Risk CROMIS-2: Microbleeds on MRI May Flag Higher ICH Risk
Neurologists lack good instruments to predict which stroke or TIA patients with atrial fibrillation will develop intracranial hemorrhage. New research suggests microbleeds on MRI may predict risk.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
More Evidence Migraine Ups Cardiovascular Disease Risk More Evidence Migraine Ups Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This study expands the findings to include venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation, and other cardiovascular diseases.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
EMA Recommends EU Marketing of Edoxaban in Atrial Fibrillation EMA Recommends EU Marketing of Edoxaban in Atrial Fibrillation
The recommendation is for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation and for the treatment and prevention of DVT and PE.International Approvals
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
(Too) Many Patients With AF Stop Warfarin Within a Year (Too) Many Patients With AF Stop Warfarin Within a Year
Most likely to stop: those who received cardioversion or ablation for the atrial fibrillation. But neither is proven to maintain sinus rhythm and thereby cut stroke risk, researchers note.Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Fewer Major Bleeds on Dabigatran vs Rivaroxaban for AF Fewer Major Bleeds on Dabigatran vs Rivaroxaban for AF
In elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), dabigatran and rivaroxaban provide comparable protection against thromboembolic stroke but dabigatran is safer, according to a new analysis.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Residual Stroke Risk in AF Likely, Not Anticoagulant FailureResidual Stroke Risk in AF Likely, Not Anticoagulant Failure
It probably reflects a background risk that approximates what is seen in persons without atrial fibrillation, say researchers; findings were the same with or without antiplatelet agents. Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
CMS Will Now Cover Watchman LAA Closure Device CMS Will Now Cover Watchman LAA Closure Device
The decision means the vast population of Medicare beneficiaries can be covered for the percutaneously delivered implant, indicated for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
PCPs Often Misestimate Stroke and Bleeding Risk in AFPCPs Often Misestimate Stroke and Bleeding Risk in AF
A new study indicated that PCPs often under- or overestimate stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation and that oral anticoagulant dosages are often suboptimal. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Teen Fitness Linked to Lower Later Risk of Vascular DiseaseTeen Fitness Linked to Lower Later Risk of Vascular Disease
Higher exercise capacity in late adolescence is associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in young adulthood among men, but this increased AF risk does not correspond to an increased risk of stroke, according to a new study from Sweden. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
AF Rates Rising in the US, but AF-Related Stroke DecliningAF Rates Rising in the US, but AF-Related Stroke Declining
"The identification of more atrial-fibrillation cases suggests that a greater number of patients at low risk of atrial fibrillation are being disproportionately identified and given treatment during the later years of the study," an editorial comments. Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
