Comparing stroke prevention therapy of direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide retrospective observational study
Abstract Background Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are not only increasingly being used for the initial stroke prevention therapy but progressively also substitute vitamin K antagonist (VKA) treatment in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). DOACs have been compared regarding ther...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01695-7 |