Anticoagulant benefits for atrial fibrillation decrease with age

ScienceDaily
Nov 11, 2019, 6:00 pm166 pts
The net clinical benefit of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) -- one of the most important causes of irregular heartbeats and a leading cause of stroke -- decreases with age, as the risk of death from other factors diminishes their benefit in older patients, according to a new study.

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