Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Download or read book Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics written by Samuel J. Asirvatham and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because atrial fibrillation promotes the formation of blood clots that can travel to the brain and block an artery, atrial fibrillation independently increases the risk of ischemic stroke four-to-five-fold. In this issue expert authors review drug therapies for stroke prevention, use of the new anticoagulants, ablation strategies for stroke prevention, LAA closure for stroke prevention, stroke in heart rhythm device patients, transesophageal echo in atrial fibrillation, and other topics important to the management of this serious complication.