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1 To Anticoagulate or not to Anticoagulate
To Anticoagulate or not to Anticoagulate? A Common Dilemma for the Provider: Physicians’ Opinion Poll Based on a Case Study of an Older Long-term Care Facility Resident With Dementia and Atrial Fibrillation  T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, AGSF, Surendran Varma, MD, Shailaja Akkaladevi, MD, Anna S. Lebelt, MD, Edward P. Norkus, PhD  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association  Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages (January 2006) DOI: /j.jamda Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Long-term anticoagulation therapy in AF. Responses to the question 1: “Is this patient a candidate for long-term anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation?” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006 7, 23-28DOI: ( /j.jamda ) Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Reasons given for not recommending long-term anticoagulation therapy to patients with AF. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006 7, 23-28DOI: ( /j.jamda ) Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions


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