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• Effects of optimal anticoagulation among AFib patients

  If 50% of individuals with atrial fibrillation who do not receive prophylaxis were optimally anti-coagulated, 19,380 emboli would be prevented and $1.1 billion would be saved each year.  [ Get More Details ]

• Cost-savings associated with optimal anticoagulation in AFib patients

  If half of all atrial fibrillation patients receiving suboptimal or no anticoagulation instead received optimal anticoagulation, 28,000 strokes could be prevented each year at a savings of around $2.5 billion in direct…  [ Get More Details ]

• Aspirin use in AFib patients

  Meta-analysis of a number of randomized controlled trials found that aspirin use in atrial fibrillation patients reduced stroke risk by an average 22%.  [ Get More Details ]

• Atrial fibrillation ablation prevents recurrence of AFib

  Atrial fibrillation ablation, which involves using a catheter inserted into the heart to destroy electrical conduction tissue in or near the atria, prevents the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in up…  [ Get More Details ]

• Catheter ablation reduces risk of stroke and death among AFib patients

  Atrial fibrillation patients who underwent catheter ablation had a reduced risk of stroke and death—2.2% of those who had ablation experienced stroke versus 4.7% on medications alone, and 6% died from…  [ Get More Details ]