Vitamin K-inhibiting anticoagulants, especially warfarin, have become standard treatment for reducing the incidence of strokes and systemic emboli in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac ... aspirin in patients unsuitable for warfarin in stroke prevention in nonvalvular AF. There is a need to reconsider the benefits of using ...

Patel MR, Mahaffey KW, Garg J, et al; ROCKET AF Investigators. Rivaroxaban versus warfarin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2011;365(10):883-891. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1009638.

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common form of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). People with AFib have many treatment options, including medications and medical procedures. However ...

Doctors call this condition nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). In NVAF, blood clots can form in a part of the heart called the left atrial appendage (LAA). The Watchman device closes off the ...

On the basis of these findings, the authors conclude that Doppler-derived E/E' is a useful predictor of clinical outcome in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

The term “lone atrial fibrillation” is used when AF occurs in the absence of structural heart disease. AF has traditionally been classified as valvular or nonvalvular, but the 2023 American ...