Journal article
Differences between perspectives of physicians and patients on anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: observational study.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine and compare physicians' and patients' thresholds for how much reduction in risk of stroke is necessary and how much risk of excess bleeding is acceptable with antithrombotic treatment in people with atrial fibrillation.
DESIGN: Prospective observational study.
Authors
Devereaux PJ; Anderson DR; Gardner MJ; Putnam W; Flowerdew GJ; Brownell BF; Nagpal S; Cox JL; Fahey T
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 323, No. 7323,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
November 24, 2001
DOI
10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1218
ISSN
0959-8138