Oral anticoagulation in elderly patients as secondary prevention of cardioembolic strokes

BACKGROUND: Stroke incidence increases with age. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke and its incidence also increases with age. However oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) tends to be underused in the elderly population. METHODS: Elderly patients (> = 80 years) w...

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Autores principales: Benavente, Lorena, Calleja, Sergio, de la Vega, Vanessa, García, Jorge, Lahoz, Carlos H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-8

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