• J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis · Aug 2018

    Review

    Direct Oral Anticoagulant Agents: Pharmacologic Profile, Indications, Coagulation Monitoring, and Reversal Agents.

    • Deborah K Rose and Barak Bar.
    • Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
    • J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Aug 1; 27 (8): 2049-2058.

    AbstractVitamin K antagonists (VKAs), such as warfarin, have been used for thromboprophylaxis and for the treatment of thromboembolic events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation for over 60 years. The increasing use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in recent years has shown greater advantages and safer use over VKA, including reduced bleeding, fewer drug interactions, no food interactions, a quick onset and offset of activity, and predictable dose-response properties. Despite their advantages, there are a couple of major limitations that raise concerns among clinicians, including the need for more coagulation assays to monitor their effects and more specific reversal antidotes in life-threatening circumstances of bleeding. This review will discuss the important characteristics of the 5 Food and Drug Administration-approved DOACs (including anticoagulation monitoring for each) and the specific and nonspecific reversal agents to DOAC-associated bleeding.Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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