Why the study?
Does anticoagulation prevent arterial thromboembolism in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm?
Does anticoagulation prevent arterial thromboembolism in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm?
Due to a lack of controlled trials and variable incidence of thromboembolism, routine anticoagulation is discouraged for heart failure patients in sinus rhythm.
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Variable thromboembolism rates and absent controlled data discourage routine anticoagulation in HF with sinus rhythm; leaves open need for RCTs.
David W. Baker (1994) studied this question.
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