With or without AF, risk of first stroke rises with risk-factor prevalence

The novel finding has implications for one of the frontiers of cardiology: whether antithrombotic therapy may be appropriate for patients with abundant risk factors for ischemic stroke but no history of stroke or atrial fibrillation, observe researchers; their findings were based on hospital and pharmacy data representing most of Denmark.
Source: theHeart.org - Category: Cardiology Source Type: news