Off-label Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Receiving Surgical Mechanical and Bioprosthetic Heart Valves.

Kalra, Ankur; Raza, Sajjad; Jafry, Baqir Hasan; King, Harley E; Lahorra, Joseph A; Svensson, Lars G; Kapadia, Samir R · JAMA Netw Open · 2021

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

This cohort study assesses direct oral anticoagulant use in patients with surgical prosthetic heart valves in the United States and evaluates differences in preoperative and postoperative profiles in patients discharged while receiving direct oral anticoagulant vs warfarin.

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