Should patients on Vitamin K antagonists be treated differently?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 1431-1433

  Pokorney, Sean D ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHADS2 SCORE; EDITORIAL; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; STROKE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FACTOR XA INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYRIDINES; STROKE; THIAZOLES; WARFARIN;

EID: 84942412796     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv032     Document Type: Editorial

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