Use of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation is highly variable and only weakly associated with estimated stroke risk: Cross-sectional population database study

Dreischulte, Tobias; Barnett, Karen; Madhok, Vishnu und Guthrie, Bruce (2014): Use of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation is highly variable and only weakly associated with estimated stroke risk: Cross-sectional population database study. In: European Journal of General Practice, Bd. 20, Nr. 3: S. 181-189

Abstract

Background: Current international guidelines promote the use of stroke risk stratification tools to inform decision making about oral anticoagulant (OAC) use in atrial fibrillation (AF). Objectives: To examine (a) differences between CHADS(2) and CHA(2)DS(2) VASc in classifying stroke risk in a primary care population of AF patients; (b) patterns of use of antithrombotics by stroke risk; and (c) patient and practice characteristics associated with use of oral anticoagulants in patients with AF. Methods: Cross-sectional multilevel modelling study of all patients with

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: antithrombotics;atrial fibrillation;Family practice;quality of health care;stroke risk
• Fakultät: Medizin > Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1381-4788
• Sprache: Englisch