Preventable’ strokes

September 7, 2011

A REPORT released this morning warns than more than 3,500 often fatal and “entirely unnecessary” strokes will be suffered by Australians with an irregular heartbeat this year. The Deloitte Access Economics study, commissioned by Pradaxa maker Boehringer Ingelheim and developed in conjunction with the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, shows that almost 25% of first-ever strokes in 2011 will be caused by atrial fibrillation - not adequately treated by the common therapies of warfarin and aspirin. At least half of these could be avoided with the use of effective stroke prevention medicines, the report claims, as well as recommending an atrial fibrillation awareness campaign and encouraging GPs to routinely check patients over 50 for irregular heartbeats.

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Preventable’ strokes

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