Systematic review of observational studies assessing bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation not using anticoagulants.

Systematic review of observational studies assessing bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation not using anticoagulants.

<h4>Background</h4>Patients with atrial fibrillation considering use of anticoagulants must balance stroke reduction against bleeding risk. Knowledge of bleeding risk without the use of anticoagulants may help inform this decision.<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the rate of majo...

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Main Authors: Luciane Cruz Lopes, Frederick A Spencer, Ignacio Neumann, Matthew Ventresca, Shanil Ebrahim, Qi Zhou, Neera Bhatnagar, Sam Schulman, John Eikelboom, Gordon Guyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24523876/pdf/?tool=EBI

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