Warfarin use, mortality, bleeding and stroke in haemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation

Conclusions
In our population of HD patients with AF, the mortality is very high. OAT is not associated with increased mortality, while antiplatelet drugs are. OAT seems, on the contrary, associated with a better survival; however, it does not decrease the incidence of ischaemic stroke, whereas it increases the incidence of bleeding. Bleeding risk is lower in subjects in whom the INR is kept within the therapeutic range.

Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - February 23, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Genovesi, S., Rossi, E., Gallieni, M., Stella, A., Badiali, F., Conte, F., Pasquali, S., Bertoli, S., Ondei, P., Bonforte, G., Pozzi, C., Rebora, P., Valsecchi, M. G., Santoro, A. Tags: Intra- and Extracorporeal Treatments of Kidney Failure Source Type: research