Direct oral anticoagulant: Review article.

ABSTRACT: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major burden on the health care system. The average occurrence of venous thromboembolism annually is around 108 per 100,000 person-year. DOACs have transformed treatment of coagulation disorder, and now, it is the leading treatment for stroke prevention in AF and VTE prophylaxis and treatment. For more many years, oral vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) were the drug of choice in managing VTE. VKAs treatment is safe and effective if therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) maintained on the target. However, achieving a stable, therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) can be difficult and challenging in the context of drug and food interactions and liver disorder, resulting in undertreatment which increases the risk of

SUBMITTER: Nasiri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638657 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature