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Commentary| Volume 79, P25-26, September 2020

Is aspirin safer than a direct oral anticoagulant for patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of bleeding?

Published:August 06, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2020.07.023
      Alexander P. Benz reports a personal research grant from the German Heart Foundation (Deutsche Herzstiftung e.V.). John W. Eikelboom received grants and/or research support from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Janssen, Pfizer and Portola.
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