THE MYTH OF THE STABLE INR PATIENT: RESULTS FROM ORBIT-AF

THE MYTH OF THE STABLE INR PATIENT: RESULTS FROM ORBIT-AF

Conclusion: Only 1 in 10 patients on chronic warfarin had all INR values in therapeutic range in a 6-month period, and 90% of those patients will have at least 1 INR value outside of therapeutic range over the next year. [...]few patients are truly stable on warfarin and a past record of stability o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-03, Vol.65 (10), p.A344-A344
Hauptverfasser: Pokorney, Sean, Simon, DaJuanicia N, Thomas, Laine, Fonarow, Gregg, Kowey, Peter, Chang, Paul, Singer, Daniel, Ansell, Jack, Blanco, Rosalia, Gersh, Bernard, Mahaffey, Kenneth, Hylek, Elaine, Go, Alan S, Piccini, Jonathan, Peterson, Eric
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Sprache:eng
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Anticoagulants
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Drug therapy
Internal Medicine
Medical research
Prescription drugs
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Zusammenfassung:Conclusion: Only 1 in 10 patients on chronic warfarin had all INR values in therapeutic range in a 6-month period, and 90% of those patients will have at least 1 INR value outside of therapeutic range over the next year. [...]few patients are truly stable on warfarin and a past record of stability only weakly predicts future results.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(15)60344-8