Burden of major gastrointestinal bleeding among oral anticoagulant-treated non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients

Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is the most common type of major bleeding associated with oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment. Patients with major bleeding are at an increased risk of a stroke if an OAC is not reinitiated. Methods: Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients initiatin...

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Main Authors: Steven Deitelzweig, Allison Keshishian, Amiee Kang, Amol D. Dhamane, Xuemei Luo, Neeraja Balachander, Lisa Rosenblatt, Jack Mardekian, Jenny Jiang, Huseyin Yuce, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-03-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756284821997352