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Editorial

. 2014 Jul 8;130(2):129-31.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010873. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention in aging patients: what's good can be even better

Jane E Freedman¹, Bernard J Gersh²

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¹ From the Division of Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (J.E.F.); and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (B.J.G.). jane.freedman@umassmed.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (J.E.F.); and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (B.J.G.).

PMID: 24895453
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010873

Editorial

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention in aging patients: what's good can be even better

Jane E Freedman et al. Circulation. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 8;130(2):129-31.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010873. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

Authors

Jane E Freedman¹, Bernard J Gersh²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (J.E.F.); and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (B.J.G.). jane.freedman@umassmed.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (J.E.F.); and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (B.J.G.).

PMID: 24895453
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010873

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Keywords: Editorials; aging; anticoagulant; arrhythmia; stroke.

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Efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban compared with warfarin among elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the Rivaroxaban Once Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF).
Halperin JL, Hankey GJ, Wojdyla DM, Piccini JP, Lokhnygina Y, Patel MR, Breithardt G, Singer DE, Becker RC, Hacke W, Paolini JF, Nessel CC, Mahaffey KW, Califf RM, Fox KA; ROCKET AF Steering Committee and Investigators. Halperin JL, et al. Circulation. 2014 Jul 8;130(2):138-46. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005008. Epub 2014 Jun 3. Circulation. 2014. PMID: 24895454 Clinical Trial.

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