Tactics of Selection of Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Heart Disease
Belenkov, Y.N.; SHakaryants, G.A.; Khabarova, N.V.
Kardiologiia 2018(3): 43-52
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 29782270 Document Number: 697619
In the clinical practice a physician quite often is at a loss due to "freedom of choice" granted by availability of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC). If a patient with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) has indications for therapy with anticoagulants which DOAC should be preferred? What are benefits for a patient with ischemic heart disease and AF when definite NOAC is chosen and what are risks inherent of this choice? Answers to such questions are given in this paper.