Use of Anticoagulants in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Are at Risk of Falls

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relatively common clinical entity with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in the elderly. Stroke is one of the most significant complications of AF, which can be prevented with the use of anticoagulation. Elder population are at an increased risk of falls...

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Autores principales: Shanah, Layla, Kabashneh, Sohaip, Alkassis, Samer, Ali, Hammad, Mir, Tanveer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052296
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10336
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author Shanah, Layla
Kabashneh, Sohaip
Alkassis, Samer
Ali, Hammad
Mir, Tanveer
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description Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relatively common clinical entity with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in the elderly. Stroke is one of the most significant complications of AF, which can be prevented with the use of anticoagulation. Elder population are at an increased risk of falls and the use of anticoagulation in this group can lead to intracranial hemorrhage. Therefore, it is unclear whether patients at high risk of falls should be anticoagulated. This review article discusses the epidemiology of AF and falls in the elder population, and whether the benefit of anticoagulation outweighs the risks in this group.
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spelling pubmed-75465922020-10-12 Use of Anticoagulants in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Are at Risk of Falls Shanah, Layla Kabashneh, Sohaip Alkassis, Samer Ali, Hammad Mir, Tanveer Cureus Cardiology Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relatively common clinical entity with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in the elderly. Stroke is one of the most significant complications of AF, which can be prevented with the use of anticoagulation. Elder population are at an increased risk of falls and the use of anticoagulation in this group can lead to intracranial hemorrhage. Therefore, it is unclear whether patients at high risk of falls should be anticoagulated. This review article discusses the epidemiology of AF and falls in the elder population, and whether the benefit of anticoagulation outweighs the risks in this group. Cureus 2020-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7546592/ /pubmed/33052296 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10336 Text en Copyright © 2020, Shanah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Use of Anticoagulants in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Are at Risk of Falls
title_sort use of anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who are at risk of falls
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546592/
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