The patterns of anticoagulation control and the risk of stroke, bleeding and mortality in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-115

  Van Den Ham, H A ^a   Klungel, O H ^a   Leufkens, H G M ^a   Van Staa, T P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; International normalized ratio; Stroke; Time in therapeutic range; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873024017     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12041     Document Type: Article

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