Physician practices regarding contraindications to oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: Findings from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  O'Brien, Emily C ^a   Holmes, Dajuanicia N ^a   Ansell, Jack E ^b   Allen, Larry A ^c   Hylek, Elaine ^d   Kowey, Peter R ^e   Gersh, Bernard J ^f   Fonarow, Gregg C ^g   Koller, Christopher R ^a   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^e   Mahaffey, Kenneth W ^h   Chang, Paul ⁱ   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Singer, Daniel E ^j  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALLERGY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897080301     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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