Efficacy and Safety of Edoxaban in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 Trial

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Kato, Eri Toda ^a,b   Giugliano, Robert P ^a   Ruff, Christian T ^a   Koretsune, Yukihiro ^c   Yamashita, Takeshi ^d   Kiss, Robert Gabor ^e   Nordio, Francesco ^a   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^g   Jin, James ^f   Lanz, Hans ^f   Mercuri, Michele ^f   Braunwald, Eugene ^a   Antman, Elliott M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d THE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Military Hospital   (Hungary)

^f DAIICHI SANKYO INC   (United States)

^g DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic; Bleeding; Death; Elderly; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EDOXABAN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBOLISM; FACTOR XA INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDINES; STROKE; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 85013165207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003432     Document Type: Article

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