Persistence of oral anticoagulants in japanese patients with atrial fibrillation: non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulant versus warfarin

Adherence to medication and characteristics of Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

“…In our experience, 2 patients who discontinued dabigatran by their own choice experienced ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) [12]. In Japanese patients, moreover, the persistence rate of warfarin was higher than in the US cohort studies, although the persistence rates of DOACs in our study are comparable to those results [12,13].…”