PPP003: New Anticoagulants with Cia Connell

Dan chats to Cia Connell, a senior clinical pharmacist in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery at the Alfred Hospital.

We talk to Cia about:

• The preferred acronym for new anticoagulants: NOAC or DOAC?
• Combination therapy with anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents
• The future for new anticoagulants including dose modifications and monitoring.

Further reading:

WOEST trial:
Lancet. 2013;381(9872):1107-15.

ISAR-REACT trial:
Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 2014;7(1):91-100.

PIONEER AF-PCI trial:
American heart journal. 2015;169(4):472-8.e5.