Evaluation of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients over 80 years of age with nonsevere frailty

Evaluation of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients over 80 years of age with nonsevere frailty

Abstract Background The safety and efficacy of an oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment and the difference between direct OACs (DOACs) and warfarin in nonsevere frail elderly patients with AF are unclear. Methods This was a retrospective and observational study of 354 patients over 80 years of age with...

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Main Authors: Masaya Shinohara, Ryou Wada, Shintaro Yao, Kensuke Yano, Katsuya Akitsu, Hideki Koike, Toshio Kinoshita, Hitomi Yuzawa, Takeya Suzuki, Tadashi Fujino, Takanori Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
bleeding
direct oral anticoagulants
elderly
frail
warfarin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12231

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