Atrial Fibrillation… Blood Thinners (Oral Anticoagulants) For Atrial Fibrillation: Who Should Take Them and Which One To Take 29 Nov 2017 The most serious adverse consequence of having atrial fibrillation is stroke. Since we have safe and effective ways of preventing afib-related stroke with oral anticoagulant drugs (blood thinners), a major…
Atrial Fibrillation… Has The Digoxin Death Knell Sounded: Farewell To Foxglove? 20 Mar 2017 The skeptical cardiologist is fascinated by the cardiac drug digoxin and the plant from which it is derived, the foxglove. I wrote about "foxglove equipoise" in a previous post, touching on…