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Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Full title

Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2020-10, Vol.383 (18), p.1735-1745

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation who were not appropriate candidates for standard doses of oral anticoagulants because of a high risk of bleeding were assigned to receive 15 mg of edoxaban or placebo once daily. Edoxaban was superior to placebo in preventing stroke or systemic embolism.

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Full title

Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2438995532

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2438995532

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ISSN

0028-4793,1533-4406

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa2012883

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