Atrial fibrillation and medication treatment among centenarians: Are all very old patients treated the same?
Reinhold KreutzInsa M SchmidtDagmar DrägerFranca BrüggenStefan HörterChristine ZwillichAdelheid KuhlmeyPaul GellertPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)
The present findings highlight the need for more appropriate use of anticoagulation therapy in older patients, as well as for new treatment guidelines taking the heterogeneity of very old patients into account. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 1634-1640.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- venous thromboembolism
- stem cells
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- combination therapy
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- mitral valve
- direct oral anticoagulants
- clinical practice
- bone marrow
- left ventricular