Resident Physicians Choices of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

This study revealed that, across a wide sampling of disciplines and centers, resident physician choices of anticoagulation in nonvalvular AF differ significantly from contemporary CCS guidelines. Teaser The mainstay of atrial fibrillation (AF) management is stroke prevention using oral anticoagulants. We surveyed 1014 resident physicians from family medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine and adult cardiology specialties. We found that resident physicians provide care to large number of AF patients and their choices of anticoagulation for stroke prevention are not congruent with the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s (CCS) guidelines.
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research