Frequent and possibly inappropriate use of combination therapy with an oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents in patients with atrial fibrillation in Europe

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1625-1635

  De Caterina, Raffaele ^a,b   Ammentorp, Bettina ^c   Darius, Harald ^d   Le Heuzey, Jean Yves ^e   Renda, Giulia ^a   Schilling, Richard John ^f   Schliephacke, Tessa ^c   Reimitz, Paul Egbert ^c   Schmitt, Josef ^c   Schober, Christine ^c   Zamorano, José Luis ^g   Kirchhof, Paulus ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^c DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^d VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84922481332     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305486     Document Type: Article

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