Research progress of new oral anticoagulants in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Oral anticoagulants has become the cornerstone preventing thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF ) who are at high risk for stroke .Advantages of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC ) include greater pharmacokinetic predictability ,less risk of fatal or intracranial hemorrhage compared to vitamin K antago-nists ,fewer drug-food interactions and no long time monitoring of international standardized ratios etc .The present article focused on recent studies of NOAC in AF complicated coronary diseases ,for secondary prevention of stroke and its specific antagonists .