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February 25, 2014; 82 (8) Special Article

Summary of evidence-based guideline update: Prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Antonio Culebras, Steven R. Messé, Seemant Chaturvedi, Carlos S. Kase, Gary Gronseth
First published February 24, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000145
Antonio Culebras
From the Department of Neurology (A.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; the Department of Stroke and Neurocritical Care (S.R.M.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; the Stroke Program (S.C.), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; the Department of Neurology (C.S.K.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and the Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
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Steven R. Messé
From the Department of Neurology (A.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; the Department of Stroke and Neurocritical Care (S.R.M.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; the Stroke Program (S.C.), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; the Department of Neurology (C.S.K.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and the Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
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Seemant Chaturvedi
From the Department of Neurology (A.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; the Department of Stroke and Neurocritical Care (S.R.M.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; the Stroke Program (S.C.), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; the Department of Neurology (C.S.K.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and the Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
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Carlos S. Kase
From the Department of Neurology (A.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; the Department of Stroke and Neurocritical Care (S.R.M.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; the Stroke Program (S.C.), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; the Department of Neurology (C.S.K.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and the Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
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Summary of evidence-based guideline update: Prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Antonio Culebras, Steven R. Messé, Seemant Chaturvedi, Carlos S. Kase, Gary Gronseth
Neurology Feb 2014, 82 (8) 716-724; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000145

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vol. 82 no. 8 716-724
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000145
PubMed: 
24566225

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received May 21, 2013
  • Accepted in final form October 15, 2013
  • First Published February 24, 2014.

Copyright & Usage: 
© 2014 American Academy of Neurology

Author Information

    1. Antonio Culebras, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
    2. Steven R. Messé, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
    3. Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
    4. Carlos S. Kase, MD, FAAN, FAHA and
    5. Gary Gronseth, MD, FAAN
  1. Antonio Culebras, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. J Uriach & Co. S.A. Travel fund to make presentation at European Stroke Congress, Lisbon, May 2012.

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1) Medlink, Associate Editor; (2) Medreviews, Associate Editor (discontinued).

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. (1)Case studies in sleep neurology, 2012, Cambridge University Press, UK. (2) Sleep apnea, stroke and cardiovascular disease, 2013, Cambridge University Press, UK. (UK)

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. Clinical Stroke Research, Inc., NY.

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. Steven R. Messé, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. (1) DSMB for an NIH/NINDS study of tPA in pediatric stroke

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Atrial septal abnormalities (PFO, ASD, and ASA) and risk of cerebral emboli in adults, Antiplatelet therapy for secondary prevention of stroke, Up To Date, Inc. 2006 - present

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Glaxo Smith Kline

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. WL Gore, local PI, 2009 - present Glaxo Smith Kline, National co-PI, 2013-present

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. 1) NIH/NIDDK, U01-DK060990, endpoint adjudication committee, 2007 - present. 2) NIH/NINDS, U01 NS40406-04, local PI, 2008 - 2013. 3) NIH/NHLBI, 1R01HL084375-01A2, subinvestigator in charge of neurologic assessments, 2009-2012, 4) NIH/NHLBI, HHSN268200800003C, back-up medical monitor, 2010-2013, 5) NIH/NHLBI UM1 HL088957-06, subinvestigator 2013 - present

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN, FAHA,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Executive Committee member for ACT I study

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Editorial board member of NEUROLOGY and STROKE and contributing editor for NEJM Journal Watch Neurology

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Consulting honoraria for Genentech, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Abbott Vascular, Thornhill research, Bristol Myers Squibb, WL Gore

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Clinical studies supported by Daiichi, Astra Zeneca

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NINDS for serving on grant review committee

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. Compensation for expert witness testimony

  7. Carlos S. Kase, MD, FAAN, FAHA and
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Lundbeck A/S; investigator, Desmoteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke Trial (DIAS4): A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group placebo controlled phase III study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of desmoteplase in subjects with acute ischemic stroke.

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Editorial Board member, 5 years

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) NIH/NHLBI, Contract N01-HC-25195 (PI: Wolf; The Framingham Heart Study, Physical Examination, Testing, and Surveillance). Role: Co-Investigator. 10/01/08- 03/31/15. (2) NIH/NINDS, 2 R01-NS17950-27 (PI: Wolf; Precursors of Stroke Incidence and Prognosis). Role: Co-Investigator. 12/01/81-06/30/14. (3) NINDS, 2U01NS38529-04A1 (PI: Benavente; Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes [SPS3]). Role: Co-Investigator. 06/01/03-01/31/12. (4) NINDS, 1 R01 NS 44876 01A2 (PI: Kernan; Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Trial [IRIS]). Role: Co-Investigator. 09/01/04-08/31/11. (5) NINDS, 1580G HJ344 (PI: Kidwell; MR and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy [MRRESCUE]). Role: Co-Investigator. 04/01/08-04/01/10

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. Gary Gronseth, MD, FAAN
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1) Neurology Now, Editorial advisory board, Inception-Present (2) Neurology, Associate Editor, 2013-Present

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. Boehringer Ingelheim 2007-2011(Resigned Dec 2011)

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. American Academy of Neurology

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  1. From the Department of Neurology (A.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; the Department of Stroke and Neurocritical Care (S.R.M.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; the Stroke Program (S.C.), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; the Department of Neurology (C.S.K.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and the Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
  1. Correspondence to American Academy of Neurology: guidelines{at}aan.com
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