National assessment of warfarin anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1407-1414

  Dlott, Jeffrey S ^a   George, Roberta A ^a   Huang, Xiaohua ^a   Odeh, Mouneer ^a   Kaufman, Harvey W ^a   Ansell, Jack ^b   Hylek, Elaine M ^c  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; atrial flutter; blood coagulation; stroke

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BLOOD COAGULATION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WARFARIN;

EID: 84897443099     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002601     Document Type: Article

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