New oral anticoagulants in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: A review of pharmacokinetics, safety, efficacy, quality of life, and cost effectiveness

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 789-798

  Mani, Helen ^a   Lindhoff Last, Edelgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apixaban; Dabigatran; Edoxaban; Oral anticoagulation; Rivaroxaban

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; EDOXABAN; LIXIANA; RIVAROXABAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECONOMICS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84902583130     PISSN: 11778881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S45644     Document Type: Article

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