Doctors know patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of having a stroke, and now a new study finds that integrating two separate clinical risk score models helps clinicians more ...

本研究通过整合多组学遗传数据，采用LDSC回归、跨性状分析和孟德尔随机化等前沿方法，系统解析了CHA2DS2-VASc评分与心源性栓塞性卒中（CES）的共享遗传机制，发现IL6R等关键基因通过免疫炎症通路介导疾病风险，为卒中精准防治提供新靶点。 卒中是全球第二大 ...

image: Combining two independent, scientifically-proven risk measurements allows physicians to better predict an atrial fibrillation patient's risk of stroke or death. The tools also help determine ...

A recent British study published in European Heart Journal has reignited discussions on the role of sex as a determinant in prescribing anticoagulants, particularly for patients under the age of 65.

Although patients with A-fib and those with atrial flutter (AFL) are generally managed by clinicians in much the same way for stroke prevention, new data suggest that a common risk score used for both ...

CHICAGO — New data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions suggest that in a real-world setting, use of direct oral anticoagulants was lower than warfarin in patients with a ...

OCEAN, said Albert, provides important risk-benefit data that doctors can now use in discussions with their patients. For ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I've been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take Eliquis ...