Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation / editors, Harry J. Crijns, Ron Pisters.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Antithrombotic management of atrial fibrillation / Ron Pisters & Harry J. Crijns -- Overview of stroke in atrial fibrillation / Hans-Christoph Diener -- Stroke risk assessment in atrial fibrillation / Stavros Apostolakis & Gregory Y.H. Lip -- Treatment recommendations and guidelines / Laurent Fauchier, Nicolas Clementy & Dominique Babuty -- Pharmacological stroke prevention: antithrombotic drugs / Christian Weimar & Ralph Weber -- Pharmacological stroke prevention : RAS inhibitors / Ole Dyg Pedersen & Christian Torp-Pedersen -- Stroke prevention : antiarrhythmic treatments / A. John Camm & Irina Savelieva -- Nonpharmacological stroke prevention strategies in atrial fibrillation patients / Alessandro Montecalvo & Ralph J. Damiano -- Antithrombotic management in the acute coronary syndrome setting / Andrea Rubboli -- Periprocedural reversal & bridging of anticoagulant treatment / Marcel Levi, Elise Eerenberg & Pieter Willem Kamphuisen -- Clinical barriers to the use of recommended stroke prevention therapy / Robby Nieuwlaat -- Novel antithrombotic agents & future directions / Renee M. Sullivan & Brian Olshansky -- Index.

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