No Evidence That Aspirin Helps Atrial Fibrillation

VOICED: This week NICE will recommend that GPs do not prescribe aspirin to prevent strokes in certain heart patients. They say new research suggests there is no evidence that it actually helps those with atrial fibrillation. More than 300,000 patients in the UK are prescribed aspirin for free on the NHS for AF, but not for much longer. Sky News Emma Birchley reports. Interviews with Fiona Birdseye, Atrial Fibrillation Patient and Martin Cowie, Consultant Cardiologist. on June 15, 2014 in London, England.
VOICED: This week NICE will recommend that GPs do not prescribe aspirin to prevent strokes in certain heart patients. They say new research suggests there is no evidence that it actually helps those with atrial fibrillation. More than 300,000 patients in the UK are prescribed aspirin for free on the NHS for AF, but not for much longer. Sky News Emma Birchley reports. Interviews with Fiona Birdseye, Atrial Fibrillation Patient and Martin Cowie, Consultant Cardiologist. on June 15, 2014 in London, England.
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