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Hematology Link
In today’s health-care environment, no practitioner operates in a silo –
and that is particularly true for hematology. Hematology touches many specialties:
Without blood, a beating heart would lead a fairly existential existence and trauma
would not be nearly as dramatic. In “Hematology Link,” we will speak with an outside
specialist to examine where these medical specialties meet.
Managing Atrial Fibrillation:
The Cardiologist’s Perspective
In this edition, ASH Clinical
News spoke with Greg C.
Flaker, MD, FACC, professor
of medicine in the Division of
Cardiovascular Medicine at
the University of MissouriColumbia, about managing
atrial fibrillation (AF) – a
condition implicating both the
blood and the heart.
Greg C. Flaker, MD, FACC
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Dr. Flaker is also a member
of the American College
of Cardiology’s (ACC’s)
Anticoagulation Initiative Work
Group – a multidisciplinary
quality effort to address gaps
in knowledge and improve the
quality of anticoagulation care,
particularly given an increasing
number of new anticoagulant
treatment options entering the
market. Dr. Flaker presents the
cardiologist’s perspective on
managing this condition.
How would hematologists and cardiologists work together to manage atrial fibrillation? As a cardiologist, when would you )