Warfarin Use and Stroke Risk Among Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in a Large Managed Care Population.
CONCLUSIONS: More than half of patients on warfarin had treatment gaps or discontinued therapy. Therapy gaps were associated with increased stroke risk.
PMID: 23867114 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Therapeutics - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Deitelzweig SB, Buysman E, Pinsky B, Lacey M, Jing Y, Wiederkehr D, Graham J Tags: Clin Ther Source Type: research
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