Anticoagulant use in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation - Determining risk and choosing the safest course

Authors
Gornick, CC
Citation
Cc. Gornick, Anticoagulant use in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation - Determining risk and choosing the safest course, POSTGR MED, 108(2), 2000, pp. 113
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00325481 → ACNP
Volume
108
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(200008)108:2<113:AUINAF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia and carries a high risk of stroke and systemic embolism, particularly in order patients. Should the se patients be treated with anticoagulant drugs and, if so, which ones and how much? In this article, Dr Gornick reviews the literature an this subjec t and makes suggestions on which treatment plan to choose.