Oral anticoagulation in patients aged 75 years or older with chronic non-valvar atrial fibrillation: Effectiveness and safety in daily clinical practice

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1225-1226

  Ruiz Ortiz, M ^a,b   Romo Penas E ^a   Franco Zapata, M F ^a   Mesa Rubio, D ^a   Anguita Sanchez, M ^a   Lopez Granados, A ^a   Arizon Del Prado J M ^a   Valles Belsue F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944501288     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.050831     Document Type: Article

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