Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Where are We Now?

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Published in Clin Med Insights Cardiol on February 23, 2012

Authors

Yousif Ahmad1, Gregory Y H Lip

Author Affiliations

1: University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

RELY-ABLE Long Term Multi-center Extension of Dabigatran Treatment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Completed RE-LY Trial | NCT00808067

Study in Healthy Volunteers of the Reversion by Haemostatic Drugs of the Anticoagulant Effect of New Anti-thrombotics (REVNEWANTICO) | NCT01210755

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