Are geriatric syndromes associated with reluctance to initiate oral anticoagulation therapy in elderly adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2236-2237

  Sánchez Barba, Bernardo ^a   Navarrete Reyes, Ana P ^a   Avila Funes, José Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SYNDROME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 84890460138     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12582     Document Type: Letter

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