The Role of Anticoagulation Clinics in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants
Joint Authors
Testa, Sophie
Zambelli, Silvia
Paoletti, Oriana
Cancellieri, Emilia
Zimmermann, Anke
Bassi, Laura
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Anticoagulation Clinics (ACs) are services specialized in management of patients on anticoagulant treatment.
At present, ACs manage patients chiefly on antivitamin K antagonists (AVKs), but patient population has already changed in the last few years, because of an increase of treatments with other anticoagulant drugs, which require different management systems.
The strong increase in the number of patients at AC, mainly on long-term treatment, has determined the development of web management, through telemedicine systems, improving the quality of life and maintaining the same clinical quality levels.
New oral anticoagulants (NOAs) have shown to be as effective as AVK antagonists in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and for treatment of venous thromboembolism in addition to VTE prophylaxis in orthopaedic surgery, when administered at a fixed dose, but patient adherence and compliance are crucial for good quality treatment.
At present, lacking data from the real world, an oversimplification of treatment with NOAs could cause unjustified risks for patients and also a possible future underuse of good drugs.
For these reasons the vigilance must be high and ACs can have a crucial role in defining which is the best management for NOA patients and how to do it, as it happened for AVKs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Testa, Sophie& Paoletti, Oriana& Zimmermann, Anke& Bassi, Laura& Zambelli, Silvia& Cancellieri, Emilia. 2012. The Role of Anticoagulation Clinics in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants. Thrombosis،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Testa, Sophie…[et al.]. The Role of Anticoagulation Clinics in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants. Thrombosis No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Testa, Sophie& Paoletti, Oriana& Zimmermann, Anke& Bassi, Laura& Zambelli, Silvia& Cancellieri, Emilia. The Role of Anticoagulation Clinics in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants. Thrombosis. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-501918
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-501918