Detection and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: What’s new in prevention and how to choose what’s best for my patient.

PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Ken Butcher, WMC Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta.

Stroke Prevention and Management in Primary Care: a free forum at the Accelerating Primary Care Conference

In this 45 minute presentation, Dr. Butcher reviewed how to diagnose stroke and discussed the burden of Cardioembolic and Cryptogenic Stroke. He talked about the recent advances in the treatment and prevention of Atrial Fibrillation and Cardioembolic Stroke, including discussion on the new oral anticoagulants.