Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Should dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation receive oral anticoagulation?
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for presenting atrial fibrillation (AF), which conditions an increased risk already present in CKD of suffering a thromboembolic event. And this risk is even higher in the hemodialysis (HD) population. On the other hand, in CKD patients and...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Nefrología (English Edition) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2013251423000445 |