Liver Cirrhosis in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Would Oral Anticoagulation Have a Net Clinical Benefit for Stroke Prevention?

BACKGROUND: Patients with liver cirrhosis have been excluded from randomized clinical trials of oral anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. We hypothesized that patients with liver cirrhosis would have a positive net clinical benefit for oral anticoagulation when used...

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Published in:J Am Heart Assoc
Main Authors: Kuo, Ling, Chao, Tze‐Fan, Liu, Chia‐Jen, Lin, Yenn‐Jiang, Chang, Shih‐Lin, Lo, Li‐Wei, Hu, Yu‐Feng, Tuan, Ta‐Chuan, Liao, Jo‐Nan, Chung, Fa‐Po, Chen, Tzeng‐Ji, Lip, Gregory Y. H., Chen, Shih‐Ann
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669162/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28645935
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.005307
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