Oral anticoagulation in octogenarians with atrial fibrillation

Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are still largely employed, even in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Our aim was to study the clinical profile of octogenarians treated with oral anticoagulation and to study the effect of age on the quality of VKAs anticoagulation.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - August 3, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hugo Gonz ález Saldivar, Lourdes M. Figueiras-Graillet, Manuel Anguita, Francisco Marín, Vicente Bertomeu, Inmaculada Roldán, Martín Ruiz, Javier Muñiz, Manuel Martínez-Sellés, on behalf of the FANTASIIA registry investigators (see Appendix) Source Type: research