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Trends in anticoagulant prescribing: a review of local policies in English primary care

BACKGROUND: Oral anticoagulants are prescribed for stroke prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation, which is the most common heart arrhythmia worldwide. The vitamin K antagonist (VKA) warfarin is a long-established anticoagulant. However, newer direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been re...

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Autores principales: Ho, Katherine H., van Hove, Maria, Leng, Gillian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32245380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-5058-1