Oral anticoagulants vs aspirin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: an individual patient meta-analysis.

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Summary

Compared with aspirin, oral anticoagulant significantly decreases the risk of all strokes, ischemic strokes, and cardiovascular events for patients with nonvalvular chronic or paroxysmal AF but modestly increases the absolute risk of major bleeding.

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review
Published
2002-11-20
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Keywords

Medicine, Aspirin, Atrial fibrillation, Stroke (engine), Internal medicine

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