The rational approach to selection of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation of non-valvular etiology

Abstract

The question of how to use most eff ectively and safely drugs from the group of oral anticoagulants for prevention of thromboembolic complications (TEC) in patients with atrial fi brillation (AF) non-valvular etiology is analyzed in this paper.

Keywords

• cardiology
• stroke prevention
• anticoagulant therapy