Examining warfarin underutilization rates in patients with atrial fibrillation: Detailed chart review essential to capture contraindications to warfarin therapy

INTRODUCTION: Atrial fibrillation affects an estimated 2.5 million Americans and incurs an average annual stroke risk of 4.5% per year. Despite warfarin reducing stroke risk by approximately 66%, prior studies show warfarin usage rates to be about 50%. However, the methods that define warfarin as &q...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, Ajay, Hudson, Michael, Hamoud, Ihab, Cavalcante, Joao, Pai, Chetan, Kaatz, Scott
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Original Clinical Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18522741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-9560-6-6

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