Implementation of antithrombotic management in atrial fibrillation

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 902, 2000, Pages 783-786

  McNulty, S J ^a   Hutchinson, D ^b   Hardy, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0034534864     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.902.783     Document Type: Article

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