Real-World Setting Comparison of Nonvitamin-K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Versus Vitamin-K Antagonists for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
George Ntaios,
Vasileios Papavasileiou,
Konstantinos Makaritsis,
Konstantinos Vemmos,
Patrik Michel,
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.117.017549
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , vitamin k antagonist , stroke (engine) , antagonist , vitamin k , cardiology , warfarin , receptor , mechanical engineering , engineering
Evidence from the real-world setting complements evidence coming from randomized controlled trials. We aimed to summarize all available evidence from high-quality real-world observational studies about efficacy and safety of nonvitamin-K oral anticoagulants compared with vitamin-K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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