Comparison of characteristics and outcomes of Dabigatran versus Warfarin in hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation (from the RE-LY Trial)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1204-1209

  Nagarakanti, Rangadham ^a,b   Wallentin, Lars ^c   Noack, Herbert ^d   Brueckmann, Martina ^d,e   Reilly, Paul ^f   Clemens, Andreas ^d,g   Connolly, Stuart J ^h   Yusuf, Salim ^h   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^i,j  

^a Electrophysiology Research Foundation   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DABIGATRAN; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN; ANTITHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITHROMBINS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DABIGATRAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84942551651     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.07.032     Document Type: Article

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