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EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF NON-VITAMIN K ANTAGONIST ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN OBESE NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS: A POOLED CLAIMS DATABASE ANALYSIS

Authors :
Xiaoyan Li
Jack Mardekian
Steven Deitelzweig
Manuela Di Fusco
Huseyin Yuce
Amol D Dhamane
Xianying Pan
Allison Keshishian
Alessandra Bassalobre Garcia
Xuemei Luo
Amiee Kang
Lisa Rosenblatt
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Neeraja Balachander
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:434
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2019.

Abstract

Obesity has an important impact on general health outcomes and is prevalent in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients. This study evaluated stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding (MB) among obese NVAF patients using non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in the

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
73
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
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