Apixaban is an oral, direct, and highly selective factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor of both free and bound FXa, as well as prothrombinase, independent of antithrombin III for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases. It is marketed under the name Eliquis. Apixaban was approved by the FDA on December 28, 2012.
Apixaban is indicated for reducing the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis(DVT) leading to pulmonary embolism(PE) in patients after a hip or knee replacement surgery, and treatment of DVT and PE to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Tainan City, Taiwan
Tainan Hospital Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Tainan City, Taiwan
ACTION Study Group, Institut de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière (APHP), UPMC, Paris, France
Unità Operativa di Cardiologia Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio C.N.R., Massa, Via Aurelia Sud, Italy
Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Südring 15, Germany
CHU Toulouse, Toulouse 9, France
CH de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France
CH ARRAS, Arras, Boulevard Georges Besnier, France
Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Cancer Research Consortium of West Michigan NCORP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Volda Hospital, Volda, Norway
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