Guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment is associated with improved outcomes compared with undertreatment in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation. The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation

Robby Nieuwlaat; S. Bertil Olsson; Gregory Y.H. Lip; A. John Camm; Günter Breithardt; Alessandro Capucci; Joan G. Meeder; Martin H. Prins; Samuel Lévy; Harry J.G.M. Crijns

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.008

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MedicineAntithromboticGuidelineAtrial fibrillationInternal medicineOdds ratioStroke (engine)CardiologyWarfarinHeart failureIntensive care medicine

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 153
Issue: 6
Pages: 1006-1012
Citations: 205
Access: Closed

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                                    Robby Nieuwlaat, 
                                
                                    S. Bertil Olsson, 
                                
                                    Gregory Y.H. Lip
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment is associated with improved outcomes compared with undertreatment in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation. The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation. 
                            American Heart Journal
                            , 153
                            (6)
                            , 1006-1012.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.008
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.008