International Normalized Ratio Stability in Warfarin-Experienced Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 205-211

  Nelson, Winnie W ^a   Desai, Sunita ^b   Damaraju, Chandrasekharrao V ^c   Lu, Lang ^c   Fields, Larry E ^a   Wildgoose, Peter ^a   Schein, Jeffery R ^a  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CTI S2 Statistical Solutions   (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; WARFARIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930274598     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40256-015-0120-9     Document Type: Article

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