Case-based learning: women's health and anticoagulation

Introduction Anticoagulants are commonly prescribed, high-risk medications. The direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are frequently used to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE) and for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation​1​. While DOACs have an improved safety profile compared with vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin, patients with mechanical heart valves, severe renal dysfunction, certain forms of antiphospholipid […]