Stroke, Major Bleeding and Mortality Outcomes in Warfarin Users with Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.

Conclusions: Based on this meta-analysis, the use of warfarin for AF may have an unfavorable risk/benefit ratio in patients with end-stage CKD but not in those with non-end stage CKD. PMID: 26378611 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26378611?dopt=Abstract

Source: Chest - September 17, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Dahal K, Kunwar S, Rijal J, Schulman P, Lee J Tags: Chest Source Type: research