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Anticoagulation trends in adults aged 65 years and over with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study.

Jenny LundCatherine L SaundersDuncan EdwardsJonathan Mant
Published in: Open heart (2021)
Rates of anticoagulation in AF in those aged ≥65 years have increased from 2008 to 2018, over which time period there has been a shift from initiating anticoagulation with warfarin to DOAC. Persistence with anticoagulation is higher in people on DOACs than on warfarin and in people aged <85 years.
Keyphrases
  • atrial fibrillation
  • direct oral anticoagulants
  • oral anticoagulants
  • venous thromboembolism
  • catheter ablation
  • left atrial
  • left atrial appendage
  • heart failure
  • percutaneous coronary intervention