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Rationale and design of RE-LY: Randomized evaluation of long-term anticoagulant therapy, warfarin, compared with dabigatran

Abstract

Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are effective for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but are difficult to use. Dabigatran etexilate is a prodrug that is rapidly converted to the active direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran. It is administered in a fixed dose without laboratory monitoring and is being compared with warfarin (international normalized ratio 2-3) in the RE-LY trial. Two doses of dabigatran (110 and 150 mg BID) …

Authors

Ezekowitz MD; Connolly S; Parekh A; Reilly PA; Varrone J; Wang S; Oldgren J; Themeles E; Wallentin L; Yusuf S

Journal

American Heart Journal, Vol. 157, No. 5, pp. 805–810.e2

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5 2009

DOI

10.1016/j.ahj.2009.02.005

ISSN

0002-8703