{"id":2171,"date":"2019-08-05T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2019-08-05T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:15:38","slug":"how-should-we-be-using-nonvitamin-k-antagonist-oral-anticoagulants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/?p=2171","title":{"rendered":"How Should We Be Using Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernmedia.co.za\/modernmedicine\/DigitalEditions\/mm1906-07-june-july-2019\/html5\/index.html\">How Should We Be Using Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia, and the most common cause of stroke in the elderly. Current US and European guidelines recommend the use of nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) over warfarin or aspirin for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who require anticoagulation for stroke prevention. The recommended parameters for prescribing represent a shift towards considering which patients with NVAF do not require anticoagulation, rather than focusing on those who do.<\/p>\n<p><em>Modern Medicine \u2013\u00a0Issue 4 2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Should We Be Using Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants? 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