Major bleeding risk assessment in atrial fibrillation patients taking vitamin K antagonists

Background. The use of risk scores for the assessment of major bleeding and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) helps evaluate the risks and benefits of oral anticoagulation therapy. The aim of this study was to describe the percentage of  patients receiving anticoagulants for non-valvu...

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Main Authors: Fernando Pivatto Júnior, André Luís Ferreira da Silva, Indira Valente Bezerra, Leonardo Martins Pires, Luís Carlos Amon, Marina Bergamini Blaya, Rafael Selbach Scheffel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-07-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/54273