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Venous thromboembolism in the elderly: efficacy and safety of non-VKA oral anticoagulants

Increasing age and renal impairment are risk factors for venous thrombosis but also for anticoagulant-induced bleeding. In large-scale phase III trials, non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs) were at least as effective and safe for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism as warfarin. Here, we rev...

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Autores principales: Geldhof, Vincent, Vandenbriele, Christophe, Verhamme, Peter, Vanassche, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25650285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-9560-12-21