Warfarin Worsens Aortic Stenosis Outcomes vs DOACs, Study Hints - Medscape


7/11/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Steve Stiles

The study, although with limitations, meshes with recent evidence that warfarin accelerates the disease and, in a new twist, may worsen survival, compared with DOACs, in patients with aortic stenosis.

Patients with aortic valve disease were often excluded from the major trials that ushered the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) into practice, largely supplanting warfarin and other vitamin K antago… [+4117 chars]

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