Off-label Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Receiving Surgical Mechanical and Bioprosthetic Heart Valves.
prospective_cohort · Level II
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33683332.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1259 and PMC identifier 7941196.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Anticoagulants
- Bioprosthesis
- Heart Valve Diseases
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Off-Label Use
- Postoperative Complications
- Thrombosis