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Apixaban in Comparison With Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease
Author(s) -
Álvaro Avezum,
Renato D. Lópes,
Phillip J. Schulte,
Fernando Laņas,
Bernard J. Gersh,
Michael Hanna,
Prem Pais,
Çetin Erol,
Rafael Díaz,
M. Cecilia Bahit,
Jozef Bartunek,
Raffaele De Caterina,
Shinya Goto,
Witold Rużyłło,
Jun Zhu,
Christopher B. Granger,
John H. Alexander
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.014807
Subject(s) - medicine , apixaban , atrial fibrillation , warfarin , valvular heart disease , cardiology , heart disease , rivaroxaban
Apixaban is approved for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. However, the Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation (ARISTOTLE) trial included a substantial number of patients with valvular heart disease and only excluded patients with clinically significant mitral stenosis or mechanical prosthetic heart valves.

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