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A hypothetical example of the protective total effect of dabigatran on stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in the absence of a true pharmacological effect of dabigatran on stroke; the effect is only due to indirect effect of dabigatran on stroke through death secondary to gastrointestinal bleeding (DGIB).
