Anticoagulants are medications that help stop your blood from thickening or “clotting.” Your body does need to be able to clot to help seal wounds inside and outside your body. But unnecessary clots ...

Anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, sometimes called blood thinners, help prevent blood clots. There are many options, including heparin and warfarin. Preventing clots reduces the risk of stroke and ...

The anticoagulants apixaban and dabigatran do not cause more bleeding than aspirin when treating stroke or atrial fibrillation, according to an analysis of randomized clinical trials published in ...

Lupus anticoagulants (LAs) are a type of antibody produced by the immune system. LAs relate to an immune system disorder known as antiphospholipid syndrome. A blood test can detect their presence.

The net clinical benefit of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) – one of the most important causes of irregular heartbeats and a leading cause of stroke – decreases with age, as the risk of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with atrial fibrillation who received nonrecommended doses of direct oral anticoagulants had increased ...

For decades now, stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation has largely consisted of chronic oral anticoagulation, often with no end in sight. But a growing number of experts are asking: ...

MADRID -- Stopping oral anticoagulation after successful ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF, Afib) improved outcomes for patients without documented recurrence, the randomized ALONE-AF trial showed.

A food-drug interaction is when a particular food or drink affects the way in which a certain medication works. The risks of food-drug interactions include preventing the proper working of a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 54 years old, and I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation that comes and goes. I was prescribed Xarelto, but since I am scheduled to have a colonoscopy done soon, I asked my ...