Systematic review of observational studies assessing bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation not using anticoagulants.

<h4>Background</h4>Patients with atrial fibrillation considering use of anticoagulants must balance stroke reduction against bleeding risk. Knowledge of bleeding risk without the use of anticoagulants may help inform this decision.<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the rate of majo...

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Main Authors: Luciane Cruz Lopes, Frederick A Spencer, Ignacio Neumann, Matthew Ventresca, Shanil Ebrahim, Qi Zhou, Neera Bhatnagar, Sam Schulman, John Eikelboom, Gordon Guyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24523876/pdf/?tool=EBI