Initiation and continuation of oral anticoagulant prescriptions for stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A cohort study in primary care in France.

CONCLUSIONS: Non-persistence (treatment discontinuation or switch) with vitamin K antagonists was lower than with rivaroxaban and dabigatran in French primary care; however, non-persistence with the newest drug, apixaban, was similar to vitamin K antagonists. Larger studies with longer follow-up are needed to support these findings. This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02488421). PMID: 29398546 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - February 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Collings SL, Vannier-Moreau V, Johnson ME, Stynes G, Lefèvre C, Maguire A, Asmar J, Bizouard G, Duhot D, Mouquet F, Fauchier L Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research