The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1515
ISSUE1515
February 27, 2017
Anticoagulation of Elderly Patients at High Risk for Falls with Atrial Fibrillation
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Anticoagulation of Elderly Patients at High Risk for Falls with Atrial Fibrillation
February 27, 2017 (Issue: 1515)
With the widespread adoption of the CHA2DS2-VASc
scoring system, oral anticoagulation therapy is
now recommended for all patients ≥75 years old
with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation
has, however, been associated with an...more
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