Warfarin doses for anticoagulation therapy in elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

OBJECTIVE: Anticoagulation is a challenge for the prophylaxis of thromboembolic events in elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Stable anticoagulation is defined as the time within >70% of the therapeutic range. However, the dosage required to achieve stable anticoagulation remains u...

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Main Authors: Antonio de Padua Mansur, Julio Yoshio Takada, Solange Desiree Avakian, Celia M.C. Strunz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000600001