Tackling anti-coagulation under-prescription in the elderly

Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Feb 1;11(4):1070-1072. doi: 10.18632/aging.101809.

Authors

Ameenathul M Fawzy¹, Tse-Fan Chao^{2

3}, Gregory Y H Lip¹

Affiliations

¹ Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation (AF); oral anti-coagulation (OAC); stroke prevention; stroke risk factors; warfarin.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage*
Hemorrhage / chemically induced
Hemorrhage / prevention & control
Humans
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Stroke / prevention & control*
United States

Substances

Anticoagulants