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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

Anticoagulant Therapy for Frail Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Hiroshi Hori, Takahiko Fukuchi, Hitoshi Sugawara

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroshi HoriDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Japan.
Takahiko FukuchiDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Japan.
Hitoshi SugawaraDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Japan.
Jichi Medical University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with age, as does the proportion of patients with frailty. AF patients with frailty have a higher risk of stroke than those without frailty, and progressive frailty caused by stroke is also associated with a worse prognosis. Despite this, anticoagulant therapy tends to not be used in frail patients because of the risk of falls and bleeding complications. However, some studies have shown that anticoagulant therapy improves the prognosis in patients with frailty. An accurate assessment of the "net-clinical-benefits" is needed in patients with frailty, with the aim of improving the prognoses of patients with frailty by selecting those who will benefit from anticoagulant therapy and actively reducing the risk of bleeding. A comprehensive intervention that includes a team of doctors and social resources is required. We herein review the effectiveness and bleeding risk associated with anticoagulant therapy in frail patients investigated in clinical studies.

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Atrial FibrillationFrailtyStrokeAgedAnticoagulantsFrail ElderlyHemorrhageHumansRisk FactorsAnticoagulantsanticoagulant therapyatrial fibrillationfrailtynet-clinical-benefitsrisk of falls

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PMID33583930
PMCPMC7946517
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