Anticoagulants' Safety and Effectiveness in General Practice: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: VKAs and DOACs had fairly similar safety and effectiveness in general practice. The substantially higher incidence of deaths with VKAs is consistent with known data from health insurance databases and calls for further research to understand its cause.
PMID: 32152017 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Family Medicine - February 29, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Frappé P, Cogneau J, Gaboreau Y, Abenhaïm N, Bayen M, Guichard C, Jacquet JP, Lacoin F, Liébart S, Bertoletti L, Bosson JL, CACAO study investigators Tags: Ann Fam Med Source Type: research