Off-label Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared With Warfarin for Left Ventricular Thrombi
Author(s) -
Austin A. Robinson,
Cory R. Trankle,
Grayson Eubanks,
Christopher Schumann,
Paul A. Thompson,
Ryan Wallace,
Shouri Gottiparthi,
Benjamin Ruth,
Christopher M. Kramer,
Michael Salerno,
Kenneth C. Bilchick,
Cody S Deen,
Michael C. Kontos,
John Dent
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2380-6591
pISSN - 2380-6583
DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0652
Subject(s) - medicine , warfarin , interquartile range , hazard ratio , cohort , cardiology , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , surgery , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , engineering
Left ventricular (LV) thrombi can arise in patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies. Anticoagulation is thought to reduce the risk of stroke or systemic embolism (SSE), but there are no high-quality data on the effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for this indication.
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