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Elevated stroke risk in patients with heart failure without atrial fibrillation is appreciated but largely unmanaged.
Highlights the unmanaged elevated stroke risk in patients with heart failure without atrial fibrillation.
T he association between heart failure and stroke risk has been described for >3 decades. 1 Hypercoagulability and left ventricular blood stasis are thought to contribute to stroke risk in patients with heart failure, 2 in addition to common risk factors such as hypertension and atrial fibrillation.Regardless of the mechanism, however, for the majority of patients with heart failure who do not have atrial fibrillation, this elevated stroke risk is appreciated but not managed.
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Homma et al. (2015) conducted an editorial in Heart failure without atrial fibrillation. Anticoagulation was evaluated. Elevated stroke risk in patients with heart failure without atrial fibrillation is appreciated but largely unmanaged.
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