PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kuznar, Wayne
ED  - Hankey, Graeme J.
TI  - Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: The Roles of Anticoagulants, Devices, and Antidotes
DP  - 2013  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 33--34
VI  - 13
IP  - 20
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/20/33.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/20/33.full
AB  - This article reviews tools for risk stratification for stroke and bleeding among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The CHADS2 score is frequently used to estimate the risk of stroke in AF patients and to help determine the appropriateness of anticoagulant therapy. Also discussed are the benefit-risk of warfarin and the new oral anticoagulants (OACs), multiple clinical trials, as well as the measurement and monitoring of the anticoagulant effects of new OACs.