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. 2013 Jun 28;11(1):8.
doi: 10.1186/1477-9560-11-8.

New oral anticoagulants: discussion on monitoring and adherence should start now!

Hugo Ten Cate  1
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New oral anticoagulants: discussion on monitoring and adherence should start now!

Hugo Ten Cate. Thromb J. .

Abstract

New oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have been introduced to improve anticoagulant therapy worldwide, but safe implementation may require additional measures. First, optimization of dose adjustment based on therapeutic levels of the drug may be more appropriate than fixed dose therapy. The development and implementation in quantitative laboratory assays will enable further dose optimization. Second, non-adherence to medication is a potential threat to the safe use of NOACs. Since cardiovascular medication may not be optimally used in about 50% of patients, procedures to improve adherence are imperative, also for NOAC therapy and in particular in elderly patients.

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