New Cancer Diagnosis After Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

New Cancer Diagnosis After Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Background Bleeding is frequent in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with oral anticoagulant therapy, and may be the first manifestation of underlying cancer. We sought to investigate to what extent bleeding represents the unmasking of an occult cancer in patients with AF treated with o...

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Main Authors: Sergio Raposeiras Roubín, Emad Abu Assi, Cristina Barreiro Pardal, María Cespón Fernandez, Isabel Muñoz Pousa, Rafael Cobas Paz, Jose Antonio Parada, Marta Represa Montenegro, María Melendo Miu, Sonia Blanco Prieto, Xavier Rosselló, Borja Ibañez, Andrés Íñiguez Romo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
bleeding
cancer
oral anticoagulation
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.016836

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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.016836

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