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Final data shows experimental agent better than aspirin at preventing stroke in some atrial fibrillation patients

This is featured in a news conference and published in the News Journal of Medicine. Audio and video interviews available at ISC 2011 Multimedia. Study highlights: An investigational anti-clotting drug is safe and twice as effective as aspirin at preventing … Continue reading

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Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke

Mexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Mexican-Americans’ recurrent strokes are also more … Continue reading

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