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SUBMITTER: Zeitler EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5135119 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun-Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zeitler Emily P EP Eapen Zubin J ZJ
Journal of atrial fibrillation 20150630 1
Heart failure (HF) with reduced left ventricular function inflicts a large and growing burden of morbidity and mortality in the US and across the globe. One source of this burden is stroke. While it appears that HF itself may impose some risk of stroke, it is in the presence of other risk factors, like atrial fibrillation, that the greatest risks are observed. Therapeutic anticoagulation is the mainstay of risk reduction strategies in this population. While warfarin was the only available therap ...[more]