Novel oral anticoagulants: Focus on stroke prevention and treatment of venous thrombo-embolism

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Steffel, Jan ^a,b   Braunwald, Eugene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apixaban; Atrial fibrillation; AVERROES; Dabigatran etexilate; Edoxaban; ENGAGE TIMI 48; Novel anticoagulants; RE LY; Rivaroxaban; ROCKET AF

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; EDOXABAN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG APPROVAL; FACTOR X; HUMANS; MORPHOLINES; OFF-LABEL USE; PYRAZOLES; PYRIDINES; PYRIDONES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; THIOPHENES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80051834654     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr052     Document Type: Review

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