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Mashup Score: 3Engaging pharmacists to improve atrial fibrillation care - 2 day(s) ago
DALLAS, April 23, 2024 — Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, estimated to affect about 12.1 million U.S. adults by 2030.[1] The abnormal firing of electrical impulses causes part of the heart to quiver, or…
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Mashup Score: 22
Heart failure not stroke is the most common complication of atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation is a major public health problem affecting 37 million people worldwide,1 and conferring an increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and death, as well as quantifiable impairment in quality of life.2 In the English National Health Service (NHS) alone more new cases of atrial fibrillation are diagnosed each year than the four most common causes of cancer combined,3 and direct expenditure on atrial fibrillation has reached £2.5 billion (€2.9 billion, $3.2 billion).4 The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation has been estimated,56 but whether this has changed over the past two decades is unknown. Furthermore, the comparative risks of later sequelae for individuals with atrial fibrillation, and whether trends are temporal, has yet to be reported. The linked paper by Vinter and colleagues(doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077209) addresses these important knowledge gaps in a nationwide
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Mashup Score: 5Diltiazem and DOAC Interaction Increases Bleeding Risk in AF - 7 day(s) ago
Physicians have adopted a one-size-fits-all approach to direct oral anticoagulants that must be reconsidered, says Geoffrey Barnes.
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Mashup Score: 3Paid Program: Rethinking Care for Atrial Fibrillation - 9 day(s) ago
How a pioneering medical device is poised to transform treatment for people with atrial fibrillation.
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Mashup Score: 65Personalized Management of Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation - 16 day(s) ago
This Viewpoint discusses the need to individualize the management of subclinical atrial fibrillation according to burden (among other factors) by modeling stroke risk.
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Mashup Score: 65Personalized Management of Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation - 16 day(s) ago
This Viewpoint discusses the need to individualize the management of subclinical atrial fibrillation according to burden (among other factors) by modeling stroke risk.
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Mashup Score: 28Anticoagulation for Secondary Atrial Fibrillation | NEJM - 22 day(s) ago
This feature about a women with AF triggered by sepsis offers a case vignette accompanied by two essays, one supporting oral anticoagulant therapy after discharge and the other recommending no …
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Mashup Score: 11Impact of AF Burden on Health Care Costs and Utilization - American College of Cardiology - 1 month(s) ago
Marci Farquhar-Snow, NP, AACC
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Mashup Score: 28
Sarah A. Spinler, PharmD, AACC
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Mashup Score: 3Prevention With Joel Kahn, MD - 1 month(s) ago
Dr. Kahn is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He practices cardiology in Detroit, is a clinical professor of medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and specializes in vegan nutrition and heart disease reversal.
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Engaging pharmacists to improve atrial fibrillation care. @AliveCor has been on the forefront of empowering pharmacists to diagnose #Afib around the world. https://t.co/IWEwg7SDkf via @YahooFinance