Prescribing of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin to older people with atrial fibrillation in UK general practice: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) has, historically, been under-used in older people. The aim of this study was to investigate prescribing of oral anticoagulants (OACs) for people aged ≥ 75 years in the UK before and after direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Anneka, Snowball, Julia, Welsh, Tomas J., Watson, Margaret C., McGrogan, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8406735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34461899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02067-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8406735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34461899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02067-5

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