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224. Atrial Fibrillation: Assessment of Stroke & Bleeding Risk with Dr. Elaine Hylek

Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

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Is the Definition of Stroke Changing?

There is some conflicting data. The definition of stroke has changed, and now we have very sensitive instruments that are able to pick up clearly in forks. I think there's something either it's correlated with the underlying disarray of the conduction fibers in the heart. Or AF burden may be a marker of endothelial dysfunction. We haven't talked about what we can do to keep our patients out of atrial fibrillation.

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