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- Title
Preventing Stroke in People With Atrial Fibrillation.
- Authors
Berian, Julia R.; Livingston, Edward H.
- Abstract
The article discusses the management of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Topics mentioned include the definition of atrial fibrillation, reasons why blood clots are harmful, use of anticoagulation medications to prevent blood clots, risks of blood thinners, and association of atrial fibrillation with the risk of thromboembolism and ischemic stroke.
- Subjects
STROKE prevention; ATRIAL fibrillation; ANTICOAGULANTS; HYPERCOAGULATION disorders; THROMBOEMBOLISM risk factors; PATIENTS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2015, Vol 314, Issue 3, p310
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2015.6779