Hospital Medicine

Atrial Fibrillation

Questions discussed in this category

Would you start an amiodarone load for new onset atrial fibrillation with RVR intermittently in normal sinus rhythm to further suppress AF recurrence in the acute setting?

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When do you start anticoagulation in a patient with cardioembolic CVA secondary to new onset atrial fibrillation with hemorrhagic conversion?

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Do you start anticoagulation in a patient with infective endocarditis who also has atrial fibrillation and stroke?

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How do you determine the timing of anticoagulation for patients with large MCA strokes secondary to atrial fibrillation?

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Papers discussed in this category

Stroke, 2020 Aug 06

Anticoagulation Type and Early Recurrence in Cardioembolic Stroke: The IAC Study.

Stroke, 2021 May 24

2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

J Am Coll Cardiol, 2014 Mar 28

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

N Engl J Med, 2019 Mar 18

Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation.

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