Use and Effectiveness of Warfarin in Medicare Beneficiaries With Atrial Fibrillation
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Use and effectiveness of warfarin in Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE More than 2 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, and without antithrombotic therapy, their stroke rate is increased 5-fold. In randomized controlled trials, warfarin prevented 65% of ischemic strokes (hazard ratio [HR], 0.35; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.48) compared with no antithrombotic therapy. However, the effectiveness of warfarin therapy outside of clinical trials is u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000208294.46968.a4