Evolving Treatments for Arterial and Venous Thrombosis: Role of the Direct Oral Anticoagulants

Circulation Research

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1409-1424

  Chan, Noel C ^a,d   Eikelboom, John W ^a,b,c   Weitz, Jeffrey I ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; cardiovascular disease; thromboembolism; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; EDOXABAN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PRASUGREL; RIVAROXABAN; TICAGRELOR; WARFARIN; PROTHROMBIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL THROMBOEMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MENSTRUATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; PROTHROMBIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN K;

EID: 84968538344     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.306925     Document Type: Article

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