RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Kuznar, Wayne
T1 Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: The Roles of Anticoagulants, Devices, and Antidotes
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 20
SP 33
OP 34
DO 10.1177/155989771320015
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/20/33.abstract
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.