From: Shah SJ, Eckman MH, Aspberg S, Go AS, Singer DE. Effect of variation in published stroke rates on the net clinical benefit of anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:517-27. doi:10.7326/M17-2762
Terms of Use
The In the Clinic® slide sets are owned and copyrighted by the American College of Physicians (ACP). All text, graphics, trademarks, and other intellectual property incorporated into the slide sets remain the sole and exclusive property of the ACP. The slide sets may be used only by the person who downloads or purchases them and only for the purpose of presenting them during not-for-profit educational activities. Users may incorporate the entire slide set or selected individual slides into their own teaching presentations but may not alter the content of the slides in any way or remove the ACP copyright notice. Users may make print copies for use as hand-outs for the audience the user is personally addressing but may not otherwise reproduce or distribute the slides by any means or media, including but not limited to sending them as e-mail attachments, posting them on Internet or Intranet sites, publishing them in meeting proceedings, or making them available for sale or distribution in any unauthorized form, without the express written permission of the ACP. Unauthorized use of the In the Clinic slide sets will constitute copyright infringement.
Burton Abrams
No institutional affiliation
September 25, 2018
Another treatment for afib
Afib is frequently a consequence of sleep apnea, as well as an increased blood coagulation propensity which makes an ischemic stroke more likely to occur. Anyone who experiences afib should undergo diagnostic testing for sleep apnea, and then follow the recommended treatment to overcome it. My experience 15 years ago was that within 6 months of overcoming my sleep apnea, my afib ceased completely and my blood coagulability reduced so much that my warfarin usage was stopped.
Stroke Rates, Atrial Fibrillation, and Drugs to Prevent Blood Clots. Ann Intern Med. [Epub ahead of print 25 September 2018]169:I–22. doi: 10.7326/P18-0014
Download citation file:
© 2019
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2018;169(8):I-22.
DOI: 10.7326/P18-0014
Published at www.annals.org on 25 September 2018
Cardiology, Neurology, Rhythm Disorders and Devices, Stroke.
Results provided by: