Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in the cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in Clin Res Cardiol on February 03, 2015

Authors

Daniel Caldeira1, João Costa, Joaquim J Ferreira, Gregory Y H Lip, Fausto J Pinto

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, dgcaldeira@hotmail.com.

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