Safety and efficacy of DOACs vs acenocoumarol in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Konstantinos VlachosMichael EfremidisGeorge BazoukisKonstantinos P LetsasAthanasios SaplaourasStamatis GeorgopoulosNikolaos KaramichalakisAikaterini RokizaAntigoni SakellaropoulouAngelos Michail KolokathisTheodoros EfremidisDimitrios AsvestasAntonios Sideris

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2017)

DOACs and acenocoumarol have similar safety and effectiveness regarding thromboembolic complications prevention without increasing bleeding complications.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
direct oral anticoagulants
left atrial
patients undergoing
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
risk factors
heart failure
randomized controlled trial
percutaneous coronary intervention
systematic review
venous thromboembolism