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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
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    Figure 1 Proportion of patients with ischemic stroke identified with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, by study

    Studies sorted by monitoring duration. CI = confidence interval; ELR = event loop recorder; HM = Holter monitoring; inptTele = continuous inpatient telemetry; MCOT = mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry; phoneEKG = outpatient transtelephonic EKG monitoring; sEKG = serial EKG; sELR = serial event loop recordings.

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2 Relative risk reductions of various outcomes in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation receiving various antithrombotic regimens as compared with warfarin or its derivatives

    Acenocoum = acenocoumarol; ASA = acetylsalicylic acid; CI = confidence interval.

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