Apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Published in N Engl J Med on February 10, 2011

Authors

Stuart J Connolly1, John Eikelboom, Campbell Joyner, Hans-Christoph Diener, Robert Hart, Sergey Golitsyn, Greg Flaker, Alvaro Avezum, Stefan H Hohnloser, Rafael Diaz, Mario Talajic, Jun Zhu, Prem Pais, Andrzej Budaj, Alexander Parkhomenko, Petr Jansky, Patrick Commerford, Ru San Tan, Kui-Hian Sim, Basil S Lewis, Walter Van Mieghem, Gregory Y H Lip, Jae Hyung Kim, Fernando Lanas-Zanetti, Antonio Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Antonio L Dans, Muhammad Munawar, Martin O'Donnell, John Lawrence, Gayle Lewis, Rizwan Afzal, Salim Yusuf, AVERROES Steering Committee and Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada. stuart.connolly@phri.ca

Associated clinical trials:

A Phase III Study of Apixaban in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (AVERROES) | NCT00496769

Trial to Evaluate Anticoagulation Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (RENAL-AF) | NCT02942407

Apixaban for the Secondary Prevention of Thromboembolism Among Patients With the AntiphosPholipid Syndrome (ASTRO-APS) | NCT02295475

Evaluation of the Use of Apixaban in Prevnetion of Thromboembolic Disease in Patients With Myeloma Trated With iMiDs (MYELAXAT) | NCT02066454

A Pilot Study of Edoxaban in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure | NCT03088072

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