Adequate Initial Heparin Dosage for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients Receiving Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants.

Hirosuke YamajiTakashi MurakamiKazuyoshi HinaShunich HigashiyaHiroshi KawamuraMasaaki MurakamiShigeshi KamikawaIssei KomtasubaraShozo Kusachi

Published in: Clinical drug investigation (2017)

The baseline ACTs differed among the three NOAC groups. The results of the comparison with warfarin (the control) indicated that dosages of 120 or 130 U/kg for dabigatran, and 130 U/kg for rivaroxaban and apixaban, were adequate initial heparin dosages.

Keyphrases

oral anticoagulants
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
venous thromboembolism
left atrial
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
growth factor
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease
pulmonary embolism
acute coronary syndrome
mitral valve