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ReviewTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2017

Navigating the choice of oral anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation in the NOAC era.

Daniel Hammersley, Mark Signy

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Review in Therapeutic advances in chronic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel HammersleyDepartment of Cardiology, Frimley Park Hospital, Portsmouth Rd, Frimley, Camberley, GU16 7UJ.
Mark SignyDepartment of Cardiology, Worthing Hospital, Worthing, UK.
Frimley Park Hospital · GBWorthing Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of ischaemic stroke. The majority of these strokes can be prevented by treatment with oral anticoagulation therapy. The advent of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has resulted in a choice of therapeutic agents available to physicians for anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with AF beyond the long-established vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). Pivotal trials have demonstrated non-inferiority of NOACs compared with VKAs, and in some cases superiority, for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in non-valvular AF. Yet there are no direct head-to-head comparator trials for the efficacy of NOACs. Therefore, the question of which oral anticoagulant for each individual patient can present a challenge to physicians. In this review article, we assess which patients with AF require anticoagulation, review the available therapeutic options, assessing the evidence base for each and offering guidance as to patient-specific factors that can influence this choice.

Indexed as

anticoagulationatrial fibrillationNOACnon-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulantnovel oral anticoagulantwarfarin

Identifiers

PMID29201334
PMCPMC5692140
OpenAlexW2736768859

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