Patient adherence to Novel Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) for the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and occurrence of associated bleeding events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

CONCLUSION: Suboptimal adherence to NOACs among AF patients was highlighted as a significant risk factor that may affect clinical outcomes, with a higher percentage of non-adherent patients having bleeding events. There is an urgent need for research on the effects of specific interventions to improve patient adherence to NOACs and to assess the related outcome factors that may be associated with adherence. PMID: 29359674 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Vascular Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Curr Vasc Pharmacol Source Type: research