Impact of Anticoagulation Intensity in Korean Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Is It Different from Western Population?

• Published in: Korean circulation journal Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 163 - 175
• Main Authors: Lee, Ki Hong, Cho, Jeong Gwan, Lee, Nuri, Cho, Kyung Hoon, Jeong, Hyung Ki, Park, Hyukjin, Kim, Yongcheol, Cho, Jae Yeong, Kim, Min Chul, Sim, Doo Sun, Yoon, Hyun Ju, Yoon, Namsik, Kim, Kye Hun, Hong, Young Joon, Park, Hyung Wook, Ahn, Youngkeun, Jeong, Myung Ho, Park, Jong Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Cardiology 01.02.2020; 대한심장학회
• Subjects: Original; 내과학; Warfarin; Safety; Prothrombin time; Thromboembolism; Atrial fibrillation

Although anticoagulation with warfarin is recommended as an international normalized ratio (INR) of prothrombin time between 2.0 and 3.0 and mean time in the therapeutic range (TTR) ≥70%, little has been proven that universal criteria might be suitable in Korean atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. We...