Net clinical benefit of warfarin therapy in elderly chinese patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-306

  Siu, Chung Wah ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Atrial fibrillation; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HAS BLED SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; WARFARIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84900430174     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000858     Document Type: Article

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