Relationship of Age With Stroke and Death in Anticoagulated Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: AMADEUS Trial [Clinical Sciences]
Conclusions—
Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation have higher absolute risks of cardiovascular death, SSE, and bleeding, but relative risks of clinically relevant bleeding are not significantly different with increasing age strata. A significant inverse relationship between time in therapeutic range and bleeding and cardiovascular death/SSE emphasizes the importance of good quality anticoagulation control.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Senoo, K., Lip, G. Y. H. Tags: Coumarins, Anticoagulants Clinical Sciences Source Type: research
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