Iconocast Logo

Welcome To Iconocast

How to add a URL link from your web site to the Iconocast web sites

Virtual tour of Southern California

 

Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: stroke + fibrillation + risk  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)


Voice of America
Ten Percent of Healthy People Injured from Silent Strokes
Voice of America -
She says atrial fibrillation increased the risk of suffering a stroke more than two times. High blood pressure and systolic blood pressure were also linked ...
Light Activity Helps Reduce Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
WKBW-TV, NY -
... physical activity may significantly lower the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that can lead to heart failure and stroke. ...
St. John?s Annex site of screenings
Delphos Herald, OH -
Appointments will begin at 9 am Recommended baseline screenings include Stroke/Carotid Artery, Atrial Fibrillation, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Peripheral ...
A Promising Breakthrough
bestofneworleans.com, LA -
... condition also are at greater risk of developing blood clots that lead to stroke, which occur in about 15 percent of people with atrial fibrillation. ...
Screenings offered to reduce risks of stroke, heart attack
Palladium-Item, IN - Aug 3, 2008
FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. ? Screenings that could help reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack will be offered Friday, Aug. 8, at the Fountain City Friends ...
Thyroid check is wise move for elders
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ -
... but a slightly elevated T4, have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke? ...
Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: Incidence, Prevalence, and Prediction ...
Cardiosource, DC - Jul 24, 2008
Study Question: How common is chronic atrial fibrillation (CAF) in the United Kingdom, and how accurately does the CHADS2 score predict the risk of stroke? ...
Atrial FIbrillation
WJHG-TV, FL - Aug 1, 2008
One is the risk of stroke. Each patient has different risks according to the other conditions, and we assess those individually and make a decision of what ...

ChattahBox
Doctors warned about strokes in babies and children
Chicago Tribune, United States - Jul 18, 2008
About one in every 3000 or 4000 full-term newborns suffers a stroke, Roach said. Only people over age 65 have a higher stroke risk than babies younger than ...
New Guidelines Underline Key Differences Between Child and Adult ... DG News
all 33 news articles »
How Much Does Atrial Fibrillation Cost The German Health Care System?
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Jul 31, 2008
Because of the associated increased risk of stroke, the treatment of atrial fibrillation includes controlling the increased heart rate and irregular rhythm, ...
Source: Google News

Atrial fibrillation as an independent risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study -
PA Wolf, RD Abbott, WB Kannel - Stroke, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc
... In persons with coronary heart disease or cardiac failure, atrial fibrillation
doubled the stroke risk in men and trebled the risk in women. ...

Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Risk of stroke and role of antithrombotic therapy -
JA Cairns, SJ Connolly - Circulation, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc
... 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 1991;84;469-481 Circulation JA Cairns and SJ
Connolly therapy Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Risk of stroke and role of ...

… Rhythm Management and Stroke Prevention: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors In Atrial Fibrillation … -
AS Go, EM Hylek, KA Phillips, YC Chang, LE Henault … - JAMA, 2001 - Am Med Assoc
... ABSTRACT. 5. Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB. Atrial fibrillation as an independent
risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study. Stroke. 1991;22:983-988. ...

Epidemiologic assessment of chronic atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke: the Framingham study -
PA Wolf - Neurology, 1978 - AAN Enterprises
... ARTICLES. Epidemiologic assessment of chronic atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke:
the Framingham study. PA Wolf, TR Dawber, HE Thomas Jr and WB Kannel. ...

Atrial fibrillation: risk marker for stroke -
JH Chesebro, V Fuster, JL Halperin - N Engl J Med, 1990 - Mass Med Soc
... Atrial fibrillation -- risk marker for stroke. ... The effect of low-dose warfarin on
the risk of stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. ...

… therapy and cardiac mortality in atrial fibrillation. The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation … -
GC Flaker, JL Blackshear, R McBride, RA Kronmal, … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1992 - Am Coll Cardio Found
... for the prevention of ischemic stroke or systemic ... antiarrhythmic drug therapy for
atrial fibrillation in this ... The relative risk of cardiac mortality, including ...

Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on the Risk of Death The Framingham Heart Study -
EJ Benjamin, PA Wolf, RB D'Agostino, H Silbershatz … - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
... 1994;89:724?730.[Abstract]; Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB. Atrial fibrillation as
an independent risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study. Stroke. ...

Antithrombotic Therapy To Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis -
RG Hart, O Benavente, R McBride, LA Pearce - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999 - annals.highwire.org
... 5. Adjusted-dose warfarin versus low-intensity, fixed-dose warfarin plus aspirin
for high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: Stroke Prevention in Atrial ...

Coagulation factors and the increased risk of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation -
C Gustafsson, M Blomback, M Britton, A Hamsten, J … - Stroke, 1990 - Am Heart Assoc
... Heart Association. ARTICLES. Coagulation factors and the increased risk of
stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. C Gustafsson, M ...

Risk of stroke in non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation. -
KM Flegel, MJ Shipley, G Rose - Lancet, 1987 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lancet. 1987 Mar 7;1(8532):526-9. Erratum in: Lancet 1987 Apr 11;1(8537):
878. Risk of stroke in non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation. ...

Source: Google Scholar
 
 

Atrial fibrillation, Warfarin reduces risk of stroke

 
 
Treatment with Warfarin, an anticoagulant drug, may reduce the risk of stroke by more than two-thirds in patients with atrial fibrillation.

An estimated 2,260,000 individuals in the U.S. have atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat in which the atria beat inconsistently and rapidly.

The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management ( AFFIRM ) study, a large multi-center comparison study of the two strategies for treatment of atrial fibrillation, rate control or sinus rhythm control therapy, found no difference in the risk of death for patients treated with either of the two therapies.
Treatment with the anticoagulant, Warfarin, was included in both therapies, although patients in the sinus rhythm control group could stop Warfarin after at least four weeks of maintained sinus rhythm while receiving an anti-arrhythmic drug.

David G. Sherman, of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and colleagues assessed the occurrence and characteristics of strokes in patients in both treatment groups in the follow-up to the AFFIRM study, ranging from two to six years.

The researchers analyzed the relationship of a number of variables for risk of ischemic stroke, a stroke caused by decreased blood flow to an area of the brain, most commonly due to narrowing of blood vessels or an embolism leading to blockage of the blood supply.
Variables in the analysis included age, sex, and history of stroke, diabetes, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and smoking.

Eighty-four percent of the rate control patients and 52 percent of the sinus rhythm control patients received Warfarin throughout the study.

The type of treatment was not associated with risk of stroke in the 4,060 patients participating in the study.
Two hundred eleven patients ( 8.2 percent ) had a stroke event.
Ischemic stroke ( 6.3 percent ) was the most common type.

The researchers found seven variables were significantly associated with risk of stroke, including increasing age, female gender, the episode of atrial fibrillation which qualified the patient for the study lasting two or more days, a history of stroke or TIA ( transitory ischemic attack ), and a history of diabetes.
The presence of atrial fibrillation was associated with a 60 percent increase in risk of having an ischemic stroke and the use of Warfarin was associated with a 69 percent decrease in stroke risk.

" These data suggest that the beneficial effect of Warfarin therapy exists not only for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation but also for patients who have a history of AF but who are presumably in sinus rhythm," the authors conclude. " Anticoagulation therapy should be maintained in patients who have a history of atrial fribrillation and risk factors for stroke, even when the recurrent atrial fibrillation has not been documented. "

Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005
 
 
 
Google
Web www.iconocast.com
 
 
 

 

Continue News With: News7 ; News8 ; News9 ; News9A


ADVERTISEMENT

Iconocast is about learning and teaching without borders; we offer eMarketing, Internet Advertising, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Online Branding, and eMarketing News Services. Home

 © 2002-2006

Keywords::

Contact Iconocast

Home Page