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Warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation in general practice - is bleeding risk underestimated?
Abstract BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation causes a five-fold increase in the risk of thromboembolic stroke. Warfarin therapy reduces the risk by 64 %, but increases the risk of serious bleeding. We aimed to investigate the quality of warfarin therapy in a general practice and determine which patients would be likely to benefit from the treatment.MATERIAL AND METHOD We carried out retrospective registration of patients with atrial fibrillation, and calculated the risk of thromboembolism (CHA2DS2-VASc score) and of bleeding (HAS-BLED score) for each patient. Two alternative methods were used for calculating the absol...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - January 28, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Bratland B, Hornnes MB Tags: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen Source Type: research