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Fatal Adverse Events of Dabigatran Combined With Aspirin in Elderly Patients: An Analysis Using Data From VigiBase
Conclusion: The fatal adverse events associated with the combined use of dabigatran and aspirin in elderly patients were mainly serious bleeding events, which often occurred within 1 month. Most of these cases had medication errors and most of the patients had multiple diseases, medications, or other conditions at the same time that increase the risk of bleeding. It is suggested that prescription of dabigatran and aspirin in elderly patients should go along with alertness for medication errors, care for correct dose or control of other bleeding risk factors, and the combined medication time should be as short as possible ...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - December 22, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most frequent sustained arrhythmia, is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events. The risk of stroke depends on risk factors such as age, hypertension, heart failure, and vascular disease. Thus, antithrombotic therapy is a cornerstone in the management of AF. Warfarin is successfully used to reduce thromboembolic events. More recently, direct thrombin (dabigatran) and factor Xa (apixaban, edoxaban, rivaroxaban) inhibitors have been compared to warfarin in large randomized trials. All new substances have been shown to be non-inferior to warfarin concerning thromboembolic events...
Source: Seminars in Hematology - April 9, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Georg Noll, Sarah Noll, David Hürlimann Source Type: research

Patient Characteristics and Risk of Bleeding With Dabigatran
To the Editor We appreciate the interesting study by Hernandez et al on the risk of bleeding with dabigatran in patients with atrial fibrillation. These are important data to an ongoing controversy. However, we would appreciate an author comment regarding the external validity of the study. To what extent is this sample of Medicare beneficiaries representative of the general population of patients with atrial fibrillation? Comparing the characteristics of patients in the RE-LY Study and the Danish population-based study, it seems that these are not effortlessly comparable. In the study by Hernandez et al, patients are cons...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - July 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

Factors Affecting Trough Plasma Dabigatran Concentrations in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease
ConclusionPatients on dabigatran treatment showed highly variable trough plasma concentrations. C/D values were significantly higher in patients with CKD 3B stage and were influenced by elder age and comorbidities.
Source: High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention - March 24, 2020 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

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