EHRA practical guide on the use of new oral anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Executive summary

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 2094-2106

  Heidbuchel, Hein ^a   Verhamme, Peter ^a   Alings, Marco ^b   Antz, Matthias ^c   Hacke, Werner ^d   Oldgren, Jonas ^e   Sinnaeve, Peter ^a   Camm, A John ^f   Kirchhof, Paulus ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Bleeding; Pharmacology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; APIXABAN; ATORVASTATIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOSPORIN; DABIGATRAN; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DRONEDARONE; EDOXABAN; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POSACONAZOLE; PRASUGREL; QUINIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; RIVAROXABAN; TACROLIMUS; TICAGRELOR; TICLOPIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VORICONAZOLE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ANTICOAGULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; PHARMACOLOGY; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880280696     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht134     Document Type: Article

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