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 23-28 (January 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.002 Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions
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: (10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.002) Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions
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: (10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.002) Copyright © 2006 American Medical Directors Association Terms and Conditions