eQIPP website: Stroke

NHS Improvement’s website dedicated to QIPP.  
Stroke e-bulletin for March 2012
CACTUS: computer therapy for people with aphasia - Self managed word finding treatment using a computer for people with aphasia in the longer term post stroke.
NICE recommends dibigatran as an option for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation.
Greater risk of AF and stroke among rheumatoid arthritis sufferers.  A study published in the BMJ reports that People with rheumatoid arthritis are at a greater risk of irregular heart rhythm (known as atrial fibrillation) and stroke compared with the general population.
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