Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Secondary Stroke Prevention of Elderly Patients: Ljubljana Registry of Secondary Stroke Prevention.

Senta FrolLana Podnar SernecLiam Korošec HudnikMišo ŠabovičJanja Pretnar Oblak

Published in: Clinical drug investigation (2020)

Our real-life data study suggests that secondary stroke prevention with DOACs is as effective and safe as primary prevention, both in standard and reduced doses, in a typical group of patients who are older than patients included in RCTs.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
direct oral anticoagulants
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
electronic health record
brain injury