Selection of Medications to Prevent Stroke Among Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation Update on Prevention of Stroke in Patients with AF

• Published in: Current treatment options in neurology Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 583 - 592
• Main Authors: Testa, Luca, Fasano, Alfonso, De Sanctis, Valerio, Latini, Roberto Adriano, Latib, Azeem, Oreglia, Jacopo, De Marco, Federico, Agnifili, Mauro, Casavecchia, Matteo, Talarico, Giovanni Paolo, Lanotte, Stefania, Pizzocri, Samuele, Mattioli, Roberto, Mantica, Massimo, Bedogni, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Cerebrovascular Disorders (Hp Adams Jr; Critical Care Medicine; Diabetes; Family Medicine; General Practice; Intensive; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Ophthalmology; Section Editor; Prevention; Stroke; Hemorrhagic complications; Atrial fibrillation; Vitamin K antagonists; New oral anticoagulants

Opinion statement Vitamin K antagonists have been the only available orally active anticoagulants for decades. Although effective, their numerous limitations have driven the introduction of new oral anticoagulants (NOAs) that showed effectiveness at fixed doses without the need for routine coagulati...