Current Status, Time Trends and Outcomes of Combination Therapy With Oral Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drug in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation 　- The Fushimi AF Registry.

CONCLUSIONS: In Japanese AF patients receiving OAC, the prevalence of combination therapy decreased, with the proportion of NOAC use increasing in 2011-2017. Many patients, however, received off-label NOAC under-dosing, especially in the combination therapy group. Patients with combination therapy had higher incidences of major bleeding as well as stroke/systemic embolism, compared with OAC monotherapy.
PMID: 30381701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - October 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Masunaga N, Abe M, Ogawa H, Aono Y, Ikeda S, Doi K, An Y, Ishii M, Iguchi M, Esato M, Tsuji H, Wada H, Hasegawa K, Lip GYH, Akao M, Fushimi AF Registry Investigators Tags: Circ J Source Type: research