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Essentials in Primary Care Conference<br />
Wednesday, July 31, 2013<br />
Atrial Fibrillation Management:<br />
3 Important Clinical Strategies<br />
STROKE<br />
PREVENTION<br />
Warfarin<br />
Dabigatran<br />
Rivaroxaban<br />
Apixaban<br />
Asa + Clopidogrel<br />
Asa<br />
Atrial Fibrillation:<br />
A Major Contibutor to Stroke in the Elderly<br />
Framingham Study, 30-Year Follow-Up, n=5184 Men + Woman*<br />
Age<br />
Group<br />
Preval<br />
ence<br />
AF<br />
Stroke per<br />
1000 py O<br />
Stroke per<br />
1000 py AF<br />
IDR<br />
Pop.<br />
AR % †<br />
60 - 69 1.8% 4.5 21.2 4.7 8.1<br />
70 - 79 4.7% 9.0 48.9 5.4 21.3<br />
80 - 89 10.2% 14.3 71.4 5.0 36.2<br />
† Pop AR=% of all <strong>stroke</strong>s attributed to <strong>atrial</strong> <strong>fibrillation</strong>;adjusted for BP<br />
* Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB. Arch Intern Med 1987;147:1561-1564.<br />
Jan Basile, MD<br />
Atrial Fibrillation & Stroke Prevention
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