Erschienen in:
19.08.2019 | IM - Commentary
Telemedicine and decentralized models of care: from anticoagulant monitoring to an expanded concept of vascular medicine
verfasst von:
Luca Valerio, Alice Trinchero, Stefano Barco
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 8/2019
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Excerpt
Oral anticoagulation is the mainstay therapy for primary and secondary prevention of thromboembolic events in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and atrial fibrillation. After the introduction of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC), the prevalence of anticoagulated patients in the general population progressively increased [
1-
4]. This trend will likely continue because of novel indications for anticoagulant treatment, e.g., stable atherosclerotic vascular disease [
5], and more accurate risk stratification of patients [
6,
7]. …