Anticoagulant Use for Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly

Objectives: To determine the influence of advanced age on anticoagulant use in subjects with atrial fibrillation and to explore the extent to which risk factors for stroke and contraindications to anticoagulant therapy predict subsequent use. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: The Veterans...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2004-07, Vol.52 (7), p.1151-1156
Hauptverfasser:	Brophy, Mary T., Snyder, Kerri E., Gaehde, Stephan, Ives, Charlene, Gagnon, David, Fiore, Louis D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age differences Aged Anticoagulant drugs Anticoagulants - therapeutic use anticoagulation Atrial fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood. Blood coagulation. Reticuloendothelial system Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiac dysrhythmias Cardiology. Vascular system Coagulation Comorbidity Contraindications Decision making Drug therapy Elderly people Female Geriatrics Heart Humans Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Retrospective Studies Risk assessment Risk Factors Stroke Treatment United States USA Veterans warfarin Warfarin - therapeutic use
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