Sunnybrook: MGR: Dabigatran in Atrial Fibrillation: Revolution or Evolution?

MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

R.S. McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, Room EG-61

Dabigatran in Atrial Fibrillation:
Revolution or Evolution?

Vince Teo

Staff Pharmacist, Emergency Department, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

William Geerts, MD, FRCPC
Thromboembolism Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Bill Cornish
Drug Information Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Objectives

1.      Evidence-care gaps in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

2.      Dabigatran – evidence from the RE-LY trial.

3.      Practical considerations in selecting and using Dabigatran.

4.      Optimizing the safety of Dabigatran use at Sunnybrook