Direct-acting oral anticoagulants: Pharmacology, indications, management, and future perspectives

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 389-404

  Gómez Outes, Antonio ^a   Suárez Gea, Ma Luisa ^a   Lecumberri, Ramón ^b   Terleira Fernández, Ana Isabel ^c,d   Vargas Castrillón, Emilio ^c,d  

^a Parque Empresarial Las Mercedes   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Apixaban; Dabigatran; Edoxaban; Rivaroxaban

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; EDOXABAN; HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTICOAGULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEMORRHAGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FACTOR XA INHIBITORS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; VITAMIN K;

EID: 84944511495     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12610     Document Type: Review

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