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2018-02-27 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2018-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Atrial Fibrillation's not life threatening unless you forget to take your anti-coagulants and throw a clot to your brain.

In another vein (pun intended) Hillary had a brain clot but the clot died due to the toxic environment.

Posted by Warthog 2018-02-27 14:40|| 2018-02-27 14:40|| Front Page Top

#2 unless you forget to take your anti-coagulants and throw a clot to your brain

Throwing a clot to a coronary artery can end life rather abruptly

Warfarin is the affordable anticoagulant that some people just aren't able to benefit from

Newer oral anticoagulants tend to work better than warfarin, but for many patients are not affordable.

Atrial fibrillation can cut the cardiac by 20%, enough to disable some patients from exerting themselves

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-02-27 15:01|| 2018-02-27 15:01|| Front Page Top

#3 AH - agree 100% that a coronary block can be deadly but one's risk of that does not increase with AF - at least according to what I've read.

Warfarin is cheap as you've poined out but the drawback is weekly tests to make sure you're not at risk of bleeding out...Warfarin use has to be tightly controlled.

One good point is that it is completely reversible ... not so with some other anti-coagulants. Their benefit is that one does not require weekly blood tests and there is no restriction on diet to reduce Vit. K consumption.

Posted by Warthog 2018-02-27 15:49|| 2018-02-27 15:49|| Front Page Top

#4 That's one King I don't want to lose.

Posted by newc 2018-02-27 16:38|| 2018-02-27 16:38|| Front Page Top

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