Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation - Crijns, Harry J.; Pisters, Ron; Future Medicine Ltd. (London : Future Medicine Ltd, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Title from PDF title page (Future Medicine eBooks Web site, viewed November 1, 2012).
Keywords: Atrial Fibrillation; Cerebrovascular disease -- Prevention; Atrial Fibrillation -- complications; Stroke -- prevention & control; Electronic books