Safety and efficacy of dual vs. triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation following percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

European Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2018, Pages 1726-1735

  Golwala, Harsh B ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a,b   Steg, Ph Gabriel ^c   Doros, Gheorghe ^b,d   Qamar, Arman ^a   Ellis, Stephen G ^e   Oldgren, Jonas ^f   Ten Berg, Jurrien M ^g   Kimura, Takeshi ^h   Hohnloser, Stefan H ⁱ   Lip, Gregory Y H ^j   Bhatt, Deepak L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Site Xavier Bichat and Département Hospitalo Universitaire Fibrosis Inflammation and Remodeling   (France)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapy; Atrial fibrillation; Dual therapy; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Triple therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DABIGATRAN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT THROMBOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 85047072737     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy162     Document Type: Article

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