Intensity and quality of warfarin anticoagulation in Chinese patients: Setting the record straight

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-6

  Eikelboom, John W ^a   Hart, Robert G ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; Editorials; hemorrhage; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHADS2 SCORE; CHINESE; DRUG QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; MALE; STROKE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STROKE; WARFARIN;

EID: 84920432812     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007486     Document Type: Article

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