In this retrospective cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

DOACs only and warfarin only are more likely to be prescribed to Medicare beneficiaries seeing clinicians in rural areas compared with urban areas.

Successful MDSAP certification confirms compliance with Health Canada and U.S. FDA quality management system requirements, ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Trials of direct oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation have excluded patients with acute ischaemic stroke because of concerns over the risk of haemorrhagic ...

Results of the OPTIMAS trial, the largest trial to address this question, showed that initiation of a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) within 4 days after ischemic stroke associated with AF was ...

Intravenous thrombolytics are not recommended for acute ischaemic stroke in patients who have taken a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) within 48 hours before presentation because of the perceived ...