Traumatic events involving elderly patients treated with anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation: the downside of stroke prevention

A group of oral anticoagulant-treated patients affected by permanent atrial fibrillation was evaluated after their access to the emergency room as a result of a traumatic accident. In these patients, the re-evaluation of their risk of thromboembolism and bleeding was performed together with the eval...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Riccardi, Pierangela Minuto, Maria Ghinatti, Grazia Guiddo, Alessandro Calvia, Roberto Lerza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-08-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/5875