Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants in Stroke Patients: Practical Issues

Non-vitamin-K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent a major advance in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), offering a similar, if not superior, efficacy and safety profile and several practical advantages over oral vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). The rapid onset of acti...

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Main Authors: Hans-Christoph Diener, Christoph Kleinschnitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
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Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-2016-00157.pdf