Journal article
Underuse of evidence-based warfarin dosing methods for atrial fibrillation patients
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The effectiveness of warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation is proportional to the time that the International Normalized Ratio is in the therapeutic range. Evidence-based methods (anticoagulation clinic, computerized decision support system or patient self-management) are available to optimize the time in therapeutic range, but there are no data on how often these methods are actually applied in …
Authors
Nieuwlaat R; Barker L; Kim Y-K; Haynes RB; Eikelboom JW; Yusuf S; Connolly SJ
Journal
Thrombosis Research, Vol. 125, No. 4, pp. e128–e131
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
4 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.thromres.2009.11.007
ISSN
0049-3848