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A blood clot from afib often travels to the lungs and becomes a PE. This is not a survivable experience for most.

lots more going on than anticoagulation therapy

And while thousands of people are on warfarin for afib, it has other uses. In vascular dementia, the blood supplies to the brain often develop a blood clot. It has been widely reported that she had a blood clot in her brain. No one escapes this experience without being put on anticoagulation therapy.

I went to a professional workshop on anticoagulation therapy a few years ago. We are a society of blood clots these days. A good DVT will get you put on heparin and quite possibly a follow up of coumadin.

Binswanger disease is a progressive neurological disorder caused by arteriosclerosis and thromboembolism affecting the blood vessels that supply the white-matter and deep structures of the brain