Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Dabigatran vs. warfarin for prevention of stroke in atrial ...
27 Oct 2009 by bowersc  
For those at high risk, warfarin is recommended, although aspirin can be considered where warfarin is contraindicated. For those at moderate risk of stroke either warfarin or aspirin can be considered, and for people at low risk of ...
View Blog: NPCi blog - http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/

---

View Post: Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding
15 Nov 2009
This means that effective warfarin treatment requires regular laboratory monitoring to ensure warfarin levels remain in the range that lowers the risk of stroke without increasing the risk of bleeding. This study included 18113 atrial ...
View Blog: HealthDay - http://www.dentalplans.com/articles_rss/categoryrss104.xml

---

View Post: Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding
9 hours ago
15 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) may be more effective and safer than warfarin at preventing clots and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, a new Swedish study has found. ...
View Blog: miscellaneous news - http://www.healingwell.com/

---

View Post: Warfarin Use Associates with Increased Risk for Stroke in ...
30 Sep 2009 by Chan, KE, Lazarus, JM, Thadhani, R., Hakim, RM  
Compared with nonuse, warfarin use associated with a significantly increased risk for new stroke (hazard ratio 1.93; 95% confidence interval 1.29 to 2.90); clopidogrel or aspirin use did not associate with increased risk for new stroke. ...
View Blog: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology... - http://jasn.asnjournals.org/

---

View Post: Cerebral Microbleeds in Ischemic Stroke Patients on Warfarin ...
17 Sep 2009 by Necioglu Orken, D., Kenangil, G., Uysal,...  
Methods—A total of 141 ischemic stroke patients on warfarin therapy were enrolled in this study. One hundred five patients with similar demographic features who do not use warfarin were chosen as controls. We compared vascular risk ...
View Blog: Stroke ASAP - http://stroke.ahajournals.org/

---

View Post: foodconsumer.org - New drug beats warfarin in reducing stroke risk
31 Aug 2009
A new experimental drug is able to cut the risk of stroke in patients with irregular heartbeats by more than three times compared with the conventional anti-clotting drug warfarin, according to a study presented at the European Society ...
View Blog: foodconsumer.org - http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/

---

View Post: The Net Clinical Benefit of Warfarin Anticoagulation in Atrial ...
1 Sep 2009 by Daniel E. Singer, Yuchiao Chang, Margaret...  
The adjusted net clinical benefit of warfarin for the cohort overall was 0.68% per year (95% CI, 0.34% to 0.87%). Adjusted net clinical benefit was greatest for patients with a history of ischemic stroke (2.48% per year [CI, ...
View Blog: ANN INTERN MED: Most-Read Full-Text Articles - http://www.annals.org/

---