Effectiveness and safety of vitamin K antagonists and new anticoagulants in the prevention of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation in older adults – a systematic review of reviews and the development of recommendations to reduce inappropriate prescribing

BACKGROUND: Oral anticoagulants are used for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia in older adults. The aim of our study was to identify the evidence on the risks and benefits of anticoagulant use among adults aged ≥65 years with atrial fibrillati...

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Publié dans:BMC Geriatr
Auteurs principaux: Sommerauer, Christina, Schlender, Lisa, Krause, Mark, Weißbach, Sabine, Rieckert, Anja, Martinez, Yolanda V, Reeves, David, Renom-Guiteras, Anna, Kunnamo, Ilkka, Sönnichsen, Andreas
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2017
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Systematic Review
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647558/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29047348
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0573-6
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