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Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Publication date: 9–15 June 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10137 Author(s): P J Devereaux, Emmanuelle Duceppe, Gordon Guyatt, Vikas Tandon, Reitze Rodseth, Bruce M Biccard, Denis Xavier, Wojciech Szczeklik, Christian S Meyhoff, Jessica Vincent, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Sadeesh K Srinathan, Jason Erb, Patrick Magloire, John Neary, Mangala Rao, Prashant V Rahate, Navneet K Chaudhry, Bongani Mayosi, Miriam de Nadal, Pilar Paniagua Iglesias, Otavio Berwanger, Juan Carlos Villar, Fernando Botto, John W Eikelboom, Daniel I Sessler, Clive Kearon, Shirley Pettit, Mukul Sharma, Stuart J Connolly, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, ...
Source: The Lancet - June 8, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

The novel biomarker-based ABC (age, biomarkers, clinical history)-bleeding risk score for patients with atrial fibrillation: a derivation and validation study
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2016 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Ziad Hijazi, Jonas Oldgren, Johan Lindbäck, John H Alexander, Stuart J Connolly, John W Eikelboom, Michael D Ezekowitz, Claes Held, Elaine M Hylek, Renato D Lopes, Agneta Siegbahn, Salim Yusuf, Christopher B Granger, Lars Wallentin Background The benefit of oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation is based on a balance between reduction in ischaemic stroke and increase in major bleeding. We aimed to develop and validate a new biomarker-based risk score to improve the prognostication of major bleeding in patients with atrial fib...
Source: The Lancet - April 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Decision on funding of dabigatran in Australia delayed
Source: National Prescribing Service (Australia) Area: News In Australia, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) recommended dabigatran for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) for public funding in March 2011. Such a positive committee verdict usually ensures smooth passage into the national Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), but the Australian Minister for Health announced in December 2012 that the PBAC decision is being delayed. This follows the release of a report reviewing anticoagulation therapies in AF which identified uncertainties regarding the magnitude of any incremental clinical and ...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - January 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news