Anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation and risk factors for stroke - Warfarin reduces the risk by two thirds, but doctors still aren't prescribing it enough

被引:19
作者
Connolly, ST [1 ]
机构
[1] McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada
关键词
D O I
10.1136/bmj.320.7244.1219
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
引用
收藏
页码:1219 / 1220
页数:2
相关论文
共 8 条
[1]  
Blackshear JL, 1996, LANCET, V348, P633
[2]   Implementing evidence based medicine in general practice: audit and qualitative study of antithrombotic treatment for atrial fibrillation [J].
Howitt, A ;
Armstrong, D .
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1999, 318 (7194) :1324-1327
[3]   Prospective cohort study to determine if trial efficacy of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation translates into clinical effectiveness [J].
Kalra, L ;
Yu, G ;
Perez, I ;
Lakhani, A ;
Donaldson, N .
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2000, 320 (7244) :1236-1239
[4]  
LAUPACIS A, 1994, ARCH INTERN MED, V154, P1449
[5]  
LAUPACIS A, 1995, CHEST S, V108, P352
[6]   National patterns of warfarin use in atrial fibrillation [J].
Stafford, RS ;
Singer, DE .
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1996, 156 (22) :2537-2541
[7]   Prevalence of atrial fibrillation and eligibility for anticoagulants in the community [J].
Sudlow, M ;
Thomson, R ;
Thwaites, B ;
Rodgers, H ;
Kenny, RA .
LANCET, 1998, 352 (9135) :1167-1171
[8]  
Teo K, 1998, CAN J CARDIOL, V14, P695