Warfarin anticoagulation and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study on different types of Ministry of Health treatment protocol / Salihah Aidit

• Main Author: Aidit, Salihah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics; Drugs and their actions
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37957/1/37957.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37957/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cause of stroke, accounting for approximately 10% to 15% of all ischemic strokes and nearly a quarter of strokes for those older than 80 years. Warfarin is widely used oral anticoagulants for the treatment of AF and reducing the rate of stroke. Warfarin need freq...