Management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous coronary or valve interventions: A joint consensus document of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and European Association of Acute Cardiac Care (ACCA) endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 3155-3179

  Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Huber, Kurt ^a   Kirchhof, Paulus ^a   Marin, Francisco ^a   Berg, Jurrien M Ten ^a   Haeusler, Karl Georg ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Capodanno, Davide ^a   Gilard, Martine ^a   Zeymer, Uwe ^a   Lane, Deirdre ^a   Storey, Robert F ^a   Bueno, Hector ^a   Collet, Jean Philippe ^a   Fauchier, Laurent ^a   Halvorsen, Sigrun ^a   Lettino, Maddalena ^a   Morais, Joao ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a   Potpara, Tatjana S ^a   Rasmussen, Lars Hvilsted ^a   Rubboli, Andrea ^a   Tamargo, Juan ^a   Valgimigli, Marco ^a   Zamorano, Jose L ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORONARY STENTING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921312430     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu298     Document Type: Note

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