Not all NOACs are created equal
24th January 2017
It is well-known that all new oral anticoagulants increase the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), but new research shows some are more problematic than others.
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) risks are lower with apixaban than with dabigatran or rivaroxaban,the results show.
These differences are significant, say the US researchers, who looked at three matched-pair cohorts created from 372,380 patients with non-valve atrial