Highlights
- •Effectiveness and safety of DOACs vs VKA have been demonstrated by RCT and observational studies.
- •Some concerns exist about the transferability of these data to specific healthcare contexts
- •In this prospective study, VKAs with TTR >70% and DOACs showed similar effectiveness and safety.
- •We did not observe a lower incidence of intracranial hemorrhages in DOAc cohort.
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Published online: January 09, 2019
Accepted:
December 20,
2018
Received in revised form:
December 11,
2018
Received:
October 16,
2018
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- The management of anticoagulant treatment in non-valvular atrial fibrillation real-world patientsEuropean Journal of Internal MedicineVol. 62
- PreviewThe interest on the primary and secondary prevention of stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) has greatly increased after the introduction of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC). Following the results of pivotal phase III randomized clinical trials (RCT), current international guidelines, such as those published by the European Society of Cardiology, recommend the use of DOACs over vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke prevention in patients with NVAF as they offer a favorable balance between efficacy and safety [1].
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