Efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban in extreme elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: Analysis of the Shikoku Rivaroxaban Registry Trial (SRRT)

Autor: Norikazu Hiura, Masahiko Fukatani, Akiyoshi Kakutani, Kazushi Yukiiri, Shigenobu Bando, Yamato Fukuda, Katsuhito Yamamoto, Yuichiro Takagi, Akiyoshi Nishikado, Noriyoshi Kaname, Yutaka Nakaya, Shuntaro Ikeda
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Cardiology. 71:197-201
ISSN: 0914-5087
Popis: The Shikoku Rivaroxaban Registry Trial (SRRT) is a retrospective survey of the use of rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in elderly patients in Shikoku, Japan.The SRRT enrolled 1339 patients from 8 hospitals. Patients were divided into two groups according to their age, the extreme elderly group (453 patients aged ≧80 years) and the control group (886 patients aged80 years).In the extreme elderly group, 41.5% of the patients had low body weight (50kg) and 65.1% had abnormal renal function (creatinine clearance50ml/min). The mean CHADSThese results suggest that rivaroxaban is effective and safe in extreme elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE