An updated review of target-specific oral anticoagulants used in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolic disease, and acute coronary syndromes

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Cove, Christina L ^a   Hylek, Elaine M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; RIVAROXABAN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY; EMBOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANTS; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

EID: 84891667212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000136     Document Type: Review

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