Edoxaban in venous thromboembolism and stroke prevention: An appraisal

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-51

  Proietti, Marco ^a,b   Lip, Gregory Yh ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Edoxaban; Stroke; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

EDOXABAN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDOTE; COAGULATING AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMORRHAGE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIDOTES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION; COAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PYRIDINES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84960108452     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S81569     Document Type: Review

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