Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety of Treatment with Apixaban vs. Other Oral Anticoagulants Among Elderly Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients.
CONCLUSIONS: In the real-world setting after controlling for differences in patient characteristics, apixaban is associated with significantly lower risk of S/SE and MB than rivaroxaban and warfarin, and a trend towards better outcomes vs. dabigatran among elderly NVAF patients in the US.
PMID: 28535119 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research
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