Major Bleeding Complications and Persistence With Oral Anticoagulation in Non‐Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Contemporary Findings in Real‐Life Danish Patients

Major Bleeding Complications and Persistence With Oral Anticoagulation in Non‐Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Contemporary Findings in Real‐Life Danish Patients

BackgroundThe nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants have recently become available as an alternative to warfarin as stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation, but data on real‐life patient experience, including bleeding risk, are lacking. Our objective was to compare major bleeding events and...

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Main Authors: Morten Lamberts, Laila Staerk, Jonas Bjerring Olesen, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Morten Lock Hansen, Louise Harboe, Cinira Lefevre, David Evans, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
anticoagulant
atrial fibrillation
bleeding
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.004517

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