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Incidence of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulant prescribing in England, 2009 to 2019: A cohort study

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischaemic stroke, and AF incidence is expected to increase. Guidelines recommend using oral anticoagulants (OACs) to prevent the development of stroke. However, studies have reported the frequent underuse of OACs in AF patients. Th...

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Autores principales: Ajabnoor, Alyaa M., Zghebi, Salwa S., Parisi, Rosa, Ashcroft, Darren M., Rutter, Martin K., Doran, Tim, Carr, Matthew J., Mamas, Mamas A., Kontopantelis, Evangelos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9173622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35671329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004003