Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of Non-Vitamin K Anticoagulants for Treatment of Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Step Towards Reducing the Burden of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality

• Main Authors: Ezequiel J. Zaidel (Author), Xinyi Leng (Author), Abiodun Moshood Adeoye (Author), Ferdous Hakim (Author), Biraj Karmacharya (Author), Asim Katbeh (Author), Lis Neubeck (Author), Stephanie Partridge (Author), Pablo Perel (Author), Mark D. Huffman (Author), Mariachiara Di Cesare (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) with major practice guidelines around the world recommending NOACs over vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants for initial treatment of AF for stroke prevention...