Clinical cardiology
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Clinical cardiology · Feb 2013
Review Meta AnalysisNovel oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of large, randomized, controlled trials vs warfarin.
Warfarin reduces ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation, but has numerous limitations. Novel oral anticoagulants provide more predictable anticoagulation with fewer shortcomings. ⋯ Novel oral anticoagulants may be superior to warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation, reducing the composite of stroke or systemic embolism and lowering all-cause mortality. The benefit is largely due to fewer hemorrhagic strokes.
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YouTube is a highly utilized Web site that contains a large amount of medical educational material. Although some studies have assessed the education material contained on the Web site, little analysis of cardiology content has been made. This study aimed to assess the quality of videos relating to heart sounds and murmurs contained on YouTube. ⋯ YouTube contains many videos relating to cardiac auscultation, but very few are valuable education resources.