Background: In the past decade the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been increasing
in ageing populations while stroke prevention and management have advanced. To inform …

To the Editor: Although Connolly et al.(Sept. 17 issue) 1 have demonstrated a modest
advantage for dabigatran over warfarin in atrial fibrillation, we think the benefit could be …

The study aims were to determine the prevalence of positive syphilis serology and
meningovascular neurosyphilis (NS) in patients admitted with transient ischaemic attack …

Background: It is important to establish the validity of diagnostic coding in administrative
datasets used in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) research. This study examines …

Background and Purpose—There is a lack of modern-day data quantifying the effect of
transient ischemic attack (TIA) on survival, and recent data do not take into account expected …

Achieving immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
through vaccination is a key worldwide public health strategy for controlling the coronavirus …

Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) are ideally placed to bridge the widely
noted evidence-practice gap between current management of NVAF and the need to …

Objective: To compare outcomes at 28 days and 1 year between patients admitted to
hospital and those discharged after presenting to the emergency department (ED) with …

OBJECTIVE: Achieving high survey participation rates among physicians is challenging. We
aimed to assess the effectiveness of response-aiding strategies in a postal survey of 1,000 …

The Mongolian gerbil is being increasingly used as a laboratory animal and as a pet. Both
chinchillas and gerbils are used as animal models for otitis media and other otic research …