Outcomes of discontinuing rivaroxaban compared with warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: analysis from the ROCKET AF trial (Rivaroxaban Once-Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation).

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on February 12, 2013

Authors

Manesh R Patel1, Anne S Hellkamp, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Jonathan P Piccini, Zhongxin Zhang, Surya Mohanty, Daniel E Singer, Werner Hacke, Günter Breithardt, Jonathan L Halperin, Graeme J Hankey, Richard C Becker, Christopher C Nessel, Scott D Berkowitz, Robert M Califf, Keith A A Fox, Kenneth W Mahaffey

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. manesh.patel@duke.edu

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