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Impact of frailty on the effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study.

Maxim GrymonprezMirko PetrovicTine L De BackerStephane SteurbautLies Lahousse
Published in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2023)
Frailty was an independent risk factor of death. NOACs had better benefit-risk profiles than VKAs in patients with frailty, especially apixaban, followed by edoxaban.
Keyphrases
  • oral anticoagulants
  • atrial fibrillation
  • community dwelling
  • venous thromboembolism
  • risk factors