National underuse of anti-thrombotic therapy in chronic atrial fibrillation identified from digoxin prescribing

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 706-709

  Mahmud, Azra ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   Okechukwu, Ifeanyi ^a   Feely, John ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapy; Atrial fibrillation; Digoxin; Pharmacoepidemiological

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGOXIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 35248891927     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02954.x     Document Type: Article

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