Solutions to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 45-53

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84867912233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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