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Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation

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DE Singer, AS Go - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Based solely on observational data, long-term anticoagulation has been a favored therapy to
prevent stroke in rheumatic AF. 47 It was unclear whether anticoagulants would work in nonrheumatic
AF or whether they would be sufficiently safe in the typical elderly patient with this ...
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Epidemiology and natural history of atrial fibrillation: clinical implications

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SS Chugh, JL Blackshear, WK Shen, SC Hammill, … - Journal of the American …, 2001 - Elsevier
With a substantial impact on morbidity and mortality, the growing “epidemic” of atrial fibrillation
(AF) intersects with a number of conditions, including aging, thromboembolism, hemorrhage,
hypertension and left ventricular dysfunction. Currently, the epidemiology and natural ...
Cited by 332 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions

Cost of an emerging epidemic: an economic analysis of atrial fibrillation in the UK

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S Stewart, N Murphy, A Walker, A McGuire, JJV … - British Medical …, 2004 - heart.bmj.com
Results: There were 534 000 people with AF in the UK during 1995. The "direct" cost of health
care for these patients was £244 million (~ 350 million) or 0.62% of total National Health Service
(NHS) expenditure. Hospitalisations and drug prescriptions accounted for 50% and 20% ...
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The role of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptors in Ca2+ signalling and the …


L Mackenzie, MD Bootman, M Laine, MJ … - The Journal of …, 2002 - Physiological Soc
Various cardio-active stimuli, including endothelin-1 (ET-1), exhibit potent arrhythmogenicity,
but the underlying cellular mechanisms of their actions are largely unclear. We used isolated
rat atrial myocytes and related changes in their subcellular Ca 2+ signalling to the ability ...
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Trends in the prevalence and management of atrial fibrillation in general practice in …

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A Majeed, K Moser, K Carroll - British Medical Journal, 2001 - heart.bmj.com
Despite its importance, only a few studies have examined the prevalence of atrial fibrillation in
the UK. 8 These previous studies have usually involved relatively small populations and there
has been no attempt to examine time trends in prevalence. 9-11 The combination of an ...
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Doctors' beliefs on the use of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation: identifying …


GM Peterson, K Boom, SL Jackson, JH Vial - Internal medicine journal, 2002 - pt.wkhealth.com
Results: Completed questionnaires were received from 711 doctors (30% response rate). The
GPs performed better than the cardiologists and other specialists in estimating the risk of stroke
in case scenarios. However, the cardiologists were more likely to select the ...
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Outcomes in the management of atrial fibrillation: clinical trial results can apply in …


SL Jackson, GM Peterson, JH Vial, R … - Internal Medicine …, 2001 - interscience.wiley.com
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New antiarrhythmic drugs for prevention of atrial fibrillation


RN Goldstein, BS Stambler - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2005 - Elsevier
Enhanced understanding of the mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF) and advent of
catheter-based therapy for AF has altered the approach to patients with this most common
arrhythmia. However, despite the success of aggressive procedural techniques, ...
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Obesity and atrial fibrillation: Is one epidemic feeding the other?


J Coromilas - Jama, 2004 - Am Med Assoc
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States; nearly 65% of the population
is overweight and nearly 31% is obese. 1 Similarly, atrial fibrillation (AF) is reaching epidemic
proportions, 2 with nearly 2.5 million Americans currently affected. As the population ...
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The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in elderly persons: the tip of the iceberg


AS Go - Am J Geriatr Cardiol, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com
Atrial fibrillation is the most common clinically relevant arrhythmia and preferentially afflicts elderly
persons, especially persons aged ≥75 years, with associated complications of ischemic stroke
and other adverse outcomes. More than 2.2 million Americans currently have atrial ...
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