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Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation.

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Anderson, E; Dyke, C; Levy, JH
Published in: Clin Lab Med
September 2014

Patients undergoing thoracic and cardiac procedures are at the highest risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF). POAF is associated with poor short-term and long-term outcomes, including high rates of early and late stroke, and late mortality. Patients with POAF that persists for longer than 48 hours should be anticoagulated on warfarin. Three new oral anticoagulants are available for the treatment of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and have been found to be as efficacious or superior to warfarin in the prevention of stroke in high-risk patients, with similar to lower rates of major bleeding, and lower rates of intracranial hemorrhage.

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Clin Lab Med

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1557-9832

Publication Date

September 2014

Volume

34

Issue

3

Start / End Page

537 / 561

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Risk Factors
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Pathology
  • Humans
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Anticoagulants
  • Administration, Oral
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Anderson, E., Dyke, C., & Levy, J. H. (2014). Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation. Clin Lab Med. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2014.06.012
Anderson, Eric, Cornelius Dyke, and Jerrold H. Levy. “Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation.Clin Lab Med, September 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2014.06.012.
Anderson E, Dyke C, Levy JH. Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation. Vol. 34, Clin Lab Med. 2014. p. 537–61.
Anderson, Eric, et al. “Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation.Clin Lab Med, vol. 34, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 537–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.cll.2014.06.012.
Anderson E, Dyke C, Levy JH. Anticoagulation strategies for the management of postoperative atrial fibrillation. Clin Lab Med. 2014. p. 537–561.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Lab Med

DOI

EISSN

1557-9832

Publication Date

September 2014

Volume

34

Issue

3

Start / End Page

537 / 561

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Risk Factors
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Pathology
  • Humans
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Anticoagulants
  • Administration, Oral
  • 3202 Clinical sciences