Rationale and design of the RE-LATED AF—AFNET 7 trial: REsolution of Left atrial-Appendage Thrombus—Effects of Dabigatran in patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-36

  Ferner, Marion ^a   Wachtlin, Daniel ^a   Konrad, Torsten ^a   Deuster, Oliver ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^b   von Bardeleben, Stephan ^a   Münzel, Thomas ^a   Seibert Grafe, Monika ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^c,d   Rostock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Herzstiftung eV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Atrial Fibrillation Competence Network (AFNET) Association   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Atrial Appendage Thrombus; Atrial fibrillation; Dabigatran; NOAC; Thrombus Resolution

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; DABIGATRAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBINS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DABIGATRAN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; PHENPROCOUMON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84955177179     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0883-7     Document Type: Article

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