New scorecard identifies patients at highest risk on blood thinners

Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer use of the effective drug.

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