DOAC Efficacy and Safety Meta-analysis

The Heart.org is now part of Medscape. Here’s a December 5, 2013 announcement:‘New’ Oral Anticoagulant Stroke-Protection Benefits in AF Cut Across Subgroups in Meta-Analysis. This is a summary of Ruff CT, Giugliano RP, Braunwald E. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomised trials. Lancet 2013; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62343-0 that documents the relative safety and efficacy of all the new direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Geo