Mortality and Hepatic Decompensation in Patients With Cirrhosis and Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Anticoagulation
Serper M, Weinberg EM, Cohen JB, Reese PP, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Mortality and Hepatic Decompensation in Patients With Cirrhosis and Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Anticoagulation. Hepatology 2021, 73: 219-232. PMID: 32267547, PMCID: PMC7541418, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirect oral anticoagulantsEffect of anticoagulationAtrial fibrillationCause mortalityMarginal structural modelsHepatic decompensationIschemic strokeMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsAdvanced liver diseaseAdverse cardiovascular eventsIncident atrial fibrillationSplanchnic vein thrombosisPropensity-score matchingCardiovascular eventsOral anticoagulantsVein thrombosisFinal cohortLiver diseaseTime-dependent confoundingAnticoagulationLower incidenceMedical CenterCirrhosisWarfarinU.S. veterans