Choosing a particular oral anticoagulant and dose for stroke prevention in individual patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Part 2

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 860-868

  Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Aisenberg, James ^b   Ansell, Jack ^c   Atar, Dan ^d   Breithardt, Günter ^e   Eikelboom, John ^f   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^g,h,i   Granger, Christopher B ^j   Halperin, Jonathan L ^b   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^k   Hylek, Elaine M ^l   Kirchhof, Paulus ^e,m   Lane, Deirdre A ^m   Verheugt, Freek W A ⁿ   Veltkamp, Roland ^o   Lip, Gregory Y H ^m,p  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Non valvular atrial fibrillation; Non Vitamin K oral antagonist; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K;

AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CONTRAINDICATIONS, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 85019241703     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw069     Document Type: Review

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