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New oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation in a urban health centre
Nuevos anticoagulantes en la población con fibrilación auricular en un centro de salud urbano
Leoncio Rodríguez Pérez, Fabiola Capilla Lozano, Rogelio Gallego Fuentes, Francisco Buitrago
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Centro de Salud Universitario La Paz, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Badajoz, Spain
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were directly prescribed an NOAC&#44; that is&#44; 66&#46;7&#37; of patients started their treatment with one of the new anticoagulants&#46; The mean age was 76&#46;3 &#40;79&#46;8 for women compared with 73&#46;4 men&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;127&#41; and the mean score on the CHA2DS2-VASc was 3&#46;8 &#40;4&#46;2 females and 3&#46;4 males&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;083&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The average age of the 13 patients &#40;8 females&#47;5 males&#41; who had previously taken acenocumarol was 81&#46;1 &#40;81&#46;0 for female and 81&#46;2 for males&#41;&#44; with a CHA<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>DS<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>-VASc score of 4&#46;5 points &#40;5&#46;1 female and 3&#46;4 male&#44; 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