Open AccessEvaluation of Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR) in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Treatment with Warfarin in Tehran, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Bahram Fariborz Farsad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21955.8457
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , warfarin , transthyretin , cross sectional study , referral , pediatrics , family medicine , pathology
Anticoagulant control is assessed by Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR). For a given patient, TTR is defined as the duration of time in which the patient's International Normalized Ratio (INR) values were within a desired range.