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Long-Term Anticoagulation in the Extreme Elderly with the Newer Antithrombotics: Safe or Sorry?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) doubles in the extreme elderly and is higher than in the rest of the population. Warfarin therapy to prevent thromboembolic events secondary to AF is often underutilized and under-prescribed in this subgroup, due to the fear of bl...

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Autores principales: Chiong, Jun R, Cheung, Rebecca J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23755073
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2013.43.5.287