Atrial Fibrillation Patients On Warfarin Have Low Risk of Residual Stroke
Saturday, Sep. 1st 2012 9:17 AM
A study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who take the stroke prevention drug warfarin have a low risk of stroke or non-central nervous system (CNS) embolism. AF is the most common heart rhythm disorder.
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