Bleeding Events in Patients 75 Years of Age and Older Under Long-term Anticoagulant Therapy: A Real-life Study

Objective: To investigate the risk of bleeding events in older patients under oral anticoagulant with a 4-year survey of a catchment area with 197,722 inhabitants of whom 15,267 were on warfarin and 10,397 on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Methods: Patients presented to the Emergency Department with major bleeding were enrolled and stratified according to age ≥75 years and ongoing warfarin or DOACs. Primary endpoint was 1-month death. Results: Out of 1919 major bleeding, those of patients ≥75 years of age were 1127 (59%) versus 792 (41%)
Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research