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062 - Devices not drugs: stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation
HelixTalk - Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast
English - June 13, 2017 10:00 - 21 minutes - 21.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 549 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education drugs medicine rosalindfranklin medications pharmacist pharmacy pharmd rfums Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, we discuss the pathophysiology of embolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and review the use of left atrial occlusion devices, such as the WATCHMAN device, to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation without the use of anticoagulants like warfarin.