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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation in secondary stroke and systemic embolism prevention.

Iwona Gorczyca-GłowackaAnna MichalskaMagdalena ChrapekOlga JelonekPaweł WałekBeata Wożakowska-Kapłon
Published in: Cardiology journal (2019)
Nearly all hospitalized patients with AF received OAC in the secondary prevention of thromboembolic complications. NOACs were used for secondary prevention of stroke among patients with AF in patients with fewer comorbidities.
Keyphrases
  • atrial fibrillation
  • oral anticoagulants
  • brain injury
  • blood brain barrier