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GENDER SPECIFIC COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN ELDERLY MEDICARE PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED ARIAL FIBRILLATION: A PROPENSITY MATCHED ANALYSIS
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GENDER SPECIFIC COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN ELDERLY MEDICARE PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED ARIAL FIBRILLATION: A PROPENSITY MATCHED ANALYSIS

Ghanshyam Shantha, Prashant Bhave, Saket Girotra, Denice Hodgson-Zingman, Alexander Mazur, Michael Giudici, Elizabeth Chrischilles and Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.69(11), pp.489-489
03/21/2017
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(17)33878-0
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Methods: Elderly (age >=66 years) Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D benefit plan from November 2011 to October 2013 across the United States, with newly diagnosed AF, and were initiated on oral anticoagulants (RIVA: 20 mg daily, DABI: 150 mg two times a day or warfarin) for stroke prevention within 90 days of AF diagnosis formed the study cohort.
Stroke Anticoagulants Gender Women

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