Category list : Atrial fibrillation
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Apixaban may be more effective and safer than rivaroxaban, research suggests Subscription
Adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation prescribed apixaban have a lower rate of ischaemic stroke and systemic blood clots compared with those prescribed rivaroxaban, according to a retrospective cohort study in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Lower-GI bleeding should be investigated in anticoagulated patients, researchers say Subscription
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation who are being treated with oral anticoagulants is associated with a higher risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a study published in the European Heart Journal suggests.
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Apixaban safer than warfarin for patients regardless of stroke history Subscription
Apixaban is associated with less major bleeding, death and hospitalisation than warfarin, regardless of a patient’s stroke history, a secondary analysis of the AUGUSTUS trial has indicated.
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Patients taking anticoagulants feel excluded from therapy decisions Subscription
Patients with atrial fibrillation report several negative experiences associated with changes to their anticoagulation therapy — something that shared decision-making and patient education could help to address, research has suggested.
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Forgotten patients: thousands left on risky anticoagulant combinations Subscription
Combinations of drugs involving anticoagulants are one of the most frequent causes of medicine-related hospital admissions, but pharmacists can help reduce the risk.
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Pharmacists to identify AF patients at risk of stroke in £9m NHS England programme Subscription
Specialist pharmacists across 23 areas in England will help to identify patients with atrial fibrillation who are at risk of stroke and could benefit from medication, under a £9m programme announced by NHS England.
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Depression linked to atrial fibrillation diagnosis Subscription
Depression is associated with an increased likelihood of atrial fibrillation diagnosis, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
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Sleep disruption linked to atrial fibrillation risk Subscription
Sleep disruption is an important risk factor for developing atrial fibrillation, study results show.
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Pharmacists in a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic Subscription
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance and increases in prevalence with advancing age. Each year, Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin assesses and admits over 400 patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack. AF is implicated as a causative factor in 33% of these cases. An AF-related stroke is more likely to be fatal, disabling and recurrent than a non-AF related stroke. The risk of AF-related stroke is greatly reduced, however, by early detection ...
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Anticoagulant prescribing for AF patients with high stroke risk more than doubles Subscription
GP prescribing of anticoagulants for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation and a high risk of stroke more than doubled between 2000 and 2016, from 35.4% to 75.5%, according to research published in July 2018.
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