Oral Anticoagulant Use in Elderly Japanese Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation ― Subanalysis of the ANAFIE Registry ―
Masaharu Akao, Wataru Shimizu, Hirotsugu Atarashi, Takanori Ikeda, Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Okumura, Yukihiro Koretsune, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Ḱazunori Toyoda, Atsushi Hirayama, Masahiro Yasaka, Takeshi Yamashita, Takenori Yamaguchi, Satoshi Teramukai, Tetsuya Kimura, Jumpei Kaburagi, Atsushi Takita
Abstract
In the ANAFIE Registry, >90% of elderly Japanese AF patients received OAC therapy, mostly DOACs. Inappropriate low doses of DOACs that did not fulfill dose reduction criteria were prescribed in 20-30% of patients.
Topics & Concepts
Atrial fibrillationOral anticoagulantMedicineInternal medicineCardiologyAnticoagulantWarfarinAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesAcute Ischemic Stroke ManagementVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management