Temporal trends in ischemic stroke and anticoagulation therapy among Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation: a 15-year perspective (1992-2007)

JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jan 28;173(2):159-60. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1579.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Brain Ischemia / epidemiology
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / chemically induced
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / epidemiology
  • Medicare / trends
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / prevention & control*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Warfarin / adverse effects
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin