Quality of life and patient satisfaction in patients with atrial fibrillation on stable vitamin K antagonist treatment or switched to a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant during a 1-year follow-up: A PREFER in AF Registry substudy.

CONCLUSIONS: At the beginning of NOAC prescriptions, European doctors tended to switch from VKAs to NOACs those patients at lower risk than "non-switchers". Complaints about bruising or bleeding, dissatisfaction with treatment, mobility problems and anxiety/depression traits appear to be related to - and may have influenced - the choice to switch from a VKA to a NOAC.
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Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - September 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: De Caterina R, Brüggenjürgen B, Darius H, Köhler S, Lucerna M, Pecen L, Renda G, Schilling RJ, Schliephacke T, Zamorano JL, Le Heuzey JY, Kirchhof P Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research