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: Tags: Coumarins, Anticoagulants Clinical Sciences Source Type: research