Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Asian Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Meta-Analysis

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2555-2561

  Wang, Kang Ling ^a,b   Lip, Gregory Y H ^c,d   Lin, Shing Jong ^a,b   Chiang, Chern En ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; hemorrhage; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NON VITAMIN K ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; STROKE; VITAMIN K;

EID: 84940366520     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009947     Document Type: Article

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