Oral anticoagulation in elderly patients as secondary prevention of cardioembolic strokes

BACKGROUND: Stroke incidence increases with age. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke and its incidence also increases with age. However oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) tends to be underused in the elderly population. METHODS: Elderly patients (> = 80 years) w...

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Autori principali: Benavente, Lorena, Calleja, Sergio, de la Vega, Vanessa, García, Jorge, Lahoz, Carlos H
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2010
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525389
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-8
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