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Front Line in Stroke Prevention - Report |
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A national picture of anticoagulation services in the UK
The Front Line Report was commissioned to look at the
current status of anticoagulation treatment in the UK and to identify key
issues that anticoagulation clinics and the patients who attend these clinics
face.The clinics provide a valuable service monitoring patients who are often
at high risk of stroke.
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Patients capable of self-monitoring their anticoagulation therapy |
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Have survival benefit
Patients capable of self-monitoring their warfarin therapy
could benefit from a one-third reduction in death from all causes, according to
a meta-analysis in this week's issue of The Lancet. However, self-monitoring is
not feasible for all patients, and requires identification and education of
suitable candidates, state the authors of the study.
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