“so it’s the stroke that can kill you or otherwise do a lot of damage.”
right. but - speaking as a guy who’s spent up to 40 hours out of sinus rhythm - after EKGs, utrasounds, nuclear stress tests, etc., at the end of it all i take a baby aspirin every day. per the doctors orders. as my blood thinner.
others might have to take warfarin, but, have you researched the increased risk of stroke by this with afib? i ask because when i did it seemed to me the increase was pretty small, so much that when i see the TV ads pushing blood thinners for those with afib i really wonder if we’ve gotten to a kind of ridiculous stage.
so, i’m eager to be taught, but, what do you think the increased risk of stroke is, versus a similar cohort not beset with afib?