Effectiveness and safety of long-term anticoagulation of patients ≥90 years of age with atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1397-1398

  Joffe, Hylton V ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 0037114791     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02883-7     Document Type: Article

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