Adherence and quality of oral anticoagulation in cerebrovascular disease patients with atrial fibrillation

European Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 142-148

  Weimar, C ^a   Benemann, J ^a   Katsarava, Z ^a   Weber, R ^a   Diener, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ischemic stroke; Oral anticoagulation, cerebrovascular disease; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 50449083163     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144085     Document Type: Article

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