Incidence Rates of Bleeding and Emergency Surgery Due to Trauma or Fracture Among Japanese Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Oral Anticoagulation Therapy

ConclusionsFewer than one in 200 patients per year with NVAF receiving OACs experience emergency surgeries and major bleeding episodes associated with fractures and trauma; however, the IR of these events is markedly higher in patients of advanced age.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov 207, NCT03254147.
Source: Cardiology and Therapy - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research