Rates of hemorrhage during warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gomes, Tara ^a   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a,b,c   Holbrook, Anne M ^e,f   Paterson, J Michael ^a,b,d,f   Hellings, Chelsea ^b   Juurlink, David N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d McMaster University ^*  (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84873326583     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121218     Document Type: Article

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