Frailty Should Not Be a Justification for Not Prescribing Anticoagulation in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Jun;20(6):786-787. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.02.016. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Authors

Francesc Formiga¹, Alejandra Gullón², Carmen Suárez-Fernández²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
² Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of La Princesa, Institute for Biomedical Research IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 30954422
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.02.016

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
Anticoagulants
Atrial Fibrillation*
Blood Coagulation
Frailty*
Humans
Syndrome

Substances

Anticoagulants