Risks of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy With Increasing Age

Abstract

The incidence of both bleeding and thromboembolic events increases sharply with advanced age. Because higher thromboembolic risk with age often makes it unfeasible to withhold oral anticoagulation from elderly patients, future studies should focus on ways to lower the bleeding risk.

Keywords

Oral anticoagulantMedicineAnticoagulant therapyIntensive care medicineAnticoagulantWarfarinInternal medicineAtrial fibrillation

MeSH Terms

AdministrationOralAdolescentAdultAge DistributionAge FactorsAgedAged80 and overAgingAnticoagulantsAtrial FibrillationChildChildPreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart Valve DiseasesHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHemorrhageHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionNetherlandsOdds RatioPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex DistributionSurvival RateThromboembolism

Affiliated Institutions

Leiden University Medical Center NL

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 165
Issue: 13
Pages: 1527-1527
Citations: 249
Access: Closed

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                                    Marieke Torn, 
                                
                                    Ward L. E. M. Bollen, 
                                
                                    F.J.M. van der Meer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Risks of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy With Increasing Age. 
                            Archives of Internal Medicine
                            , 165
                            (13)
                            , 1527-1527.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.13.1527
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.13.1527
PMID: 16009869

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