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Placebo-controlled, randomised trial of warfarin and aspirin for prevention of thromboembolic complications in chronic atrial fibrillation. The Copenhagen AFASAK study.

Palle Petersen, +4 more
- 28 Jan 1989 - 
- Vol. 333, Iss: 8631, pp 175-179
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The incidence of thromboembolic complications and vascular mortality were significantly lower in the warfarin group than in the aspirin and placebo groups, which did not differ significantly.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1989-01-28. It has received 1636 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Warfarin & Stroke.

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Atrial fibrillation: Current understandings and research imperatives

TL;DR: The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation is discussed and of the etiology, mechanism, management and future research directions in the study of this arrhythmia are discussed.
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Ventricular thrombi and thromboembolism in dilated cardiomyopathy: A prospective follow-up study

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Worldwide management of oral anticoagulant therapy: the ISAM study.

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New-onset atrial fibrillation and warfarin initiation: High risk periods and implications for new antithrombotic drugs

TL;DR: In this paper, a review suggests that the risk of both haemorrhage and stroke are highest when atrial fibrillation is newly diagnosed and during the initiation of anticoagulant medication.
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Risk factors for stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation: a case-control study.

TL;DR: Age and hypertension should be considered when deciding upon long-term anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation, using case-control methodology.
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Epidemiologic assessment of chronic atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke: The Framingham Study

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Explanatory and pragmatic attitudes in therapeutical trials

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Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British male doctors

TL;DR: A six year randomised trial was conducted among 5139 apparently healthy male doctors to see whether 500 mg aspirin daily would reduce the incidence of and mortality from stroke, myocardial infarction, or other vascular conditions.
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The natural history of lone atrial fibrillation. A population-based study over three decades.

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