Benefit-risk assessment of dabigatran in the treatment of stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Drug Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 295-307

  Meyer Dos Santos, Sascha ^a   Harder, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN; ANTITHROMBIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; NON VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ANTITHROMBINS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84901951525     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40264-014-0151-1     Document Type: Review

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