Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving routine medical care within a large managed care organization were found to have suboptimal anticoagulation control. Retrospective cross-sectional study of ...

One direct-acting anticoagulant stands out as the least likely to cause dangerous bleeding in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study. But other new research questions the ...

Among patients with atrial fibrillation, use of direct oral anticoagulants is linked to lower osteoporotic fracture risk versus warfarin, results of a recent population-based cohort study show. The ...

A multicenter, registry-based cohort study showed no short-term benefit of the common practice of switching anticoagulants ...

MADRID -- Stopping oral anticoagulation after successful ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF, Afib) improved outcomes for patients without documented recurrence, the randomized ALONE-AF trial showed.

So-called silent infarcts were not uncommon for older atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients, even when on oral anticoagulation, in a prospective Swiss study. Over a 2-year period, 5.5% of well-treated ...

It is uncommon for hospitalized older adults newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation to start anticoagulation therapy. In fact, only about 25% overall begin taking these medications soon after ...

Credit: Getty Images. Tecarfarin is a novel oral vitamin K antagonist with a similar mechanism of action to warfarin, though it is metabolized differently. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data show early anticoagulation after acute stroke in people with atrial fibrillation is safe when indicated.

Blood thinners (anticoagulants) cause bleeding without preventing stroke in patients with atrial high rate episodes (AHRE), but without electrocardiogram (ECG)-diagnosed atrial fibrillation, according ...

For patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

Device-detected atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) are atrial arrhythmias detected by implanted cardiac devices. AHREs resemble atrial fibrillation but are rare and brief. Whether the occurrence of ...