Direct oral anticoagulants: Efficacy and safety in patient subgroups

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mavrakanas, Thomas A ^a   Samer, Caroline ^a   Fontana, Pierre ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apixaban; Chronic kidney disease; Dabigatran; Direct oral anticoagulants; Edoxaban; Elderly; Interactions; Monitoring; Rivaroxaban

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; GLYCOPROTEIN P INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MODERATE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SEVERE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEMORRHAGE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; WARFARIN;

EID: 84928957634     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14081     Document Type: Review

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