Gastrointestinal Bleeding From Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Among Japanese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Identified From the SAKURA Atrial Fibrillation Registry.

CONCLUSIONS: GI bleeding was strongly associated with anemia and renal impairment. Patients experiencing GI bleeding had higher risk for all-cause death than those without GI bleeding. PMID: 32713873 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation Journal - July 21, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Murata N, Okumura Y, Nagashima K, Fukamachi D, Yokoyama K, Matsumoto N, Tachibana E, Kuronuma K, Oiwa K, Matsumoto M, Kojima T, Hanada S, Nomoto K, Arima K, Takahashi F, Kotani T, Ikeya Y, Fukushima S, Itou S, Kondo K, Chiku M, Ohno Y, Onikura M, Hirayama Tags: Circ J Source Type: research