Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and its diagnosis and management are crucial tasks for emergency physicians. An important aspect of treating patients with AF is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with atrial fibrillation, adding black ethnicity to CHA 2 DS 2-VASc score improves stroke ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The strongest predictors of incident AF with a HR of 1.2 or greater were hypertension, older age, CAD, HF, ...

Female sex has a strong relationship with stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular A-fib, a new analysis affirms, but the disparity between women and men varies according to the presence of other risk ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Dabigatran 150mg was superior to warfarin and dabigatran 110mg was noninferior to warfarin for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) regardless of CHA2DS2-VASc ...

A recent British study published in European Heart Journal has reignited discussions on the role of sex as a determinant in prescribing anticoagulants, particularly for patients under the age of 65.

Early rhythm control therapy reduces cardiovascular complications compared to usual care in patients with atrial fibrillation and a high comorbidity burden (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥4). These patients ...

Although patients with A-fib and those with atrial flutter (AFL) are generally managed by clinicians in much the same way for stroke prevention, new data suggest that a common risk score used for both ...

This indicator covers the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation and a last recorded CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2 or more who are currently prescribed a direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) if ...