TCT-190 Dabigatran versus Warfarin for stroke prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Post-Hoc Analysis of RE-LY Correlating Body Mass Index with Outcome According to BMI Quintiles

Autor: Mark I. Jacobs, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Javier E. Arce, Thomas McAndrew, Lars Wallentin
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 70:B81
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.261
Popis: Dabigatran was shown effective for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) in the RE-LY trial. Many pharmaceuticals are dosed according to body weight. We have previously shown the effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) on outcomes using BMI as a continuous variable. We augment that analysis by
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