Assessing adherence and persistence to non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) among patients with atrial fibrillation in tertiary-care referral centers in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kubas, Mohammed A., Shabaruddin, Fatiha Hana, Mazlan-Kepli, Wardati, Jagan, Nirmala, Mohamed, Sahimi, Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani, Zin, Che Suraya
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/81695/12/81695_Assessing%20adherence%20and%20persistence%20to%20non-vitamin_baru.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81695/18/zin_kubas.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81695/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/text.asp?2020/12/6/781/300002

Introduction: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), such as dabigatran and rivaroxaban, are now available for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and are often clinically preferred over vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), such as warfarin. Data describing adherence...