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… Stroke Risk Estimation in Atrial Fibrillation: Please Give Me Lip! 26 Apr 2015 The best way we have of estimating a patient's risk of stroke if they have atrial fibrillation (AF) is by the CHA2DS2-VASc scale. This scale take the factors we know…