Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Across the Spectrum of Kidney Function: Patient-Level Network Meta-Analyses From COMBINE AF

CONCLUSIONS: Standard-dose DOACs are safer and more effective than warfarin down to a CrCl of at least 25 mL/min. Lower-dose DOACs do not significantly lower the incidence of bleeding or ICH compared with standard-dose DOACs but are associated with a higher incidence of S/SE and death. These findings support the use of standard-dose DOACs over warfarin in patients with kidney dysfunction.PMID:37042255 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062752

Source: Circulation - April 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Josephine Harrington Anthony P Carnicelli Kaiyuan Hua Lars Wallentin Manesh R Patel Stefan H Hohnloser Robert P Giugliano Keith A A Fox Ziad Hijazi Renato D Lopes Sean D Pokorney Hwanhee Hong Christopher B Granger Source Type: research