Giornale italiano di cardiologia : organo ufficiale della Federazione italiana di cardiologia : organo ufficiale della Società italiana di chirurgia cardiaca
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G Ital Cardiol (Rome) · Nov 2016
[Real life clinical management of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: results from the Italian epidemiological survey eXperience on the use of rivaroxaban].
Atrial fibrillation-related stroke prevention with anticoagulant drugs is currently evolving towards the introduction into clinical practice of the new oral anticoagulants, including rivaroxaban. Our aim was to evaluate in a real-life setting the characteristics and management of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation to whom Italian doctors decided to prescribe rivaroxaban. ⋯ In this real-life analysis, patient characteristics were similar to those of patients enrolled in large randomized trials, whereas differences in dose prescriptions were observed.