Strengths and weaknesses of ‘real-world’ studies involving non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) provide the reference standard for comparing the efficacy of one therapy or intervention with another. However, RCTs have restrictive inclusion and exclusion criteria; thus, they are not fully representative of an unselected real-world population. Real-world evide...

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Autores principales: Camm, A John, Fox, Keith A A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000788