Does patient self-management of oral anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists improve clinical outcomes in everyday practice?
Patient self-management of vitamin K antagonists appears to be a safe and effective alternative for properly trained patients in real-world practice.
In terms of clinically relevant outcomes (incidence of major complications and mortality), PSM in real life setting seems to be a very good alternative in properly trained patients.
Corrochano et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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