Use of apixaban for an elderly patient with left atrial thrombus

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dobashi, Shintaro ^a   Fujino, Tadashi ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIXABAN; CREATININE; D DIMER; WARFARIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84903593928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-203870     Document Type: Article

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