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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 as an independent risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study.

TL;DR: The data suggest that the elderly are particularly vulnerable to stroke when atrial fibrillation is present, and the effects of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and cardiac failure on the risk of stroke became progressively weaker with increasing age.
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Meta-analysis: Antithrombotic Therapy to Prevent Stroke in Patients Who Have Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

TL;DR: An updated meta-analysis of all currently available randomized trials that extends observations about the efficacy and safety of antithrombotic therapies for preventing stroke in patients who have atrial fibrillation is presented.
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Independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation in a population-based cohort. The Framingham Heart Study.

TL;DR: In addition to intrinsic cardiac causes such as valve disease and congestive heart failure, risk factors for cardiovascular disease also predispose to atrial fibrillation.
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Pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).

TL;DR: Guyatt et al. as mentioned in this paper presented the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) and provided specific management recommendations for the first 1 or 2 days for most individuals.
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Atrial fibrillation and stroke in elderly hospitalized patients

TL;DR: It is suggested that constant atrial fibrillation has a greater association with stroke than transient AF.
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Hemorrhagic complications of long-term anticoagulant therapy for ischemic cerebral vascular disease.

Mitch Levine, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1986 - 
TL;DR: The present evidence does not support the use of anticoagulant therapy in minor stroke and in order for such treatment to be beneficial, a risk reduction of more than 50% in stroke rate, and a major bleeding rate of less than 2% per year are required.
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Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction

TL;DR: Under the somewhat ill-defined rubric "Special Report," a preliminary report from the Physicians' Health Study, a double-blinded, controlled trial of aspirin in the Physicians’ Health Study is published.
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Therapeutic ranges in anticoagulant administration.

L Poller
- 08 Jun 1985 - 
TL;DR: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of lung rejection should make the procedure a realistic treatment for many other patients with pulmonary failure-especially when improved techniques for preserving the integrity of the lungs result in an increased number of suitable donors.
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Physicians' attitudes to four common problems: hypertension, atrial fibrillation, transient ischaemic attacks, and angina pectoris.

C A Bucknall, +2 more
- 20 Sep 1986 - 
TL;DR: The physicians' suggestions for very active management in transient ischaemic attacks extended beyond the evidence available to them, whereas their approach to the use of coronary arteriography closely reflected the results of clinical trials.
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