Extended-Duration Betrixaban Reduces the Risk of Stroke Versus Standard-Dose Enoxaparin Among Hospitalized Medically Ill Patients An APEX Trial Substudy (Acute Medically Ill Venous Thromboembolism Prevention With Extended Duration Betrixaban)


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Gibson C. M., Chi G., Halaby R., Korjian S., Daaboul Y., Jain P., ...More

CIRCULATION, vol.135, no.7, pp.648-655, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 135 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.025427
  • Journal Name: CIRCULATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.648-655
  • Keywords: anticoagulants, cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, intracranial hemorrhages, stroke, thrombosis, WARFARIN, OUTCOMES, CARE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a morbid and potentially mortal complication among patients hospitalized with acute medical illness. The potential of extended-duration thromboprophylaxis with the factor Xa inhibitor betrixaban to reduce the risk of stroke compared with standard-dose enoxaparin in this population was assessed in this retrospective APEX trial substudy (Acute Medically Ill Venous Thromboembolism Prevention With Extended Duration Betrixaban).