Updated European Heart Rhythm Association practical guide on the use of non-vitamin-K antagonist anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Executive summary

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 2017, Pages 2137-2149

  Heidbuchel, Hein ^a   Verhamme, Peter ^b   Alings, Marco ^c   Antz, Matthias ^d   Diener, Hans Christoph ^e   Hacke, Werner ^f   Oldgren, Jonas ^g   Sinnaeve, Peter ^b   Camm, A John ^h   Kirchhof, Paulus ^i,j   Ahmad, Azhar ^k   Heinrich Nols, Jutta ^k   Hess, Susanne ^l   Müller, Markus ^m   Münzel, Felix ⁿ   Schwertfeger, Markus ⁿ   Van Eickels, Martin ^l   Richard Lordereau, Isabelle ^o   Lip, Gregory ^h   Chiang, Chern En ^p   Piccini, Jonathan ^p   Potpara, Tatjana ^p   Fauchier, Laurent ^p   Lane, Deirdre ^h   Avezum, Alvaro ^p   Bjerregaard Larsen, Torben ^p   Boriani, Guiseppe ^p   Roldan Schilling, Vanessa ^p   Gorenek, Bulent ^p   more..

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^l Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^m PFIZER INC   (United States)

ⁿ DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^o BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^p NONE   (Turkey)

more..

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Bleeding; NOAC; Non VKA oral anticoagulants; Pharmacology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; EDOXABAN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CONTRAINDICATIONS, DRUG; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 85028413538     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw058     Document Type: Article

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