Atrial Fibrillation and Renal Function: How High Is the Price of Anticoagulation?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Jun 16;65(23):2494-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.043.

Authors

Richard W Asinger¹, Gautam R Shroff²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic address: asing001@umn.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PMID: 26065987
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.043

No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; dabigatran; warfarin; warfarin nephropathy.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology*
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate / physiology*
Humans
Kidney / physiology*
Male