Large regional differences in prescription patterns of oral anticoagulants and knowledge of the disease and therapy among Polish patients with atrial fibrillation.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients from a high-volume academic centre showed better knowledge than their counterparts from district hospitals. There are large regional differences in prescription patterns of oral anticoagulants, including the preferred NOAC.
PMID: 30835335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Kardiologia Polska - March 4, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Janion-Sadowska A, Sadowski M, Konieczyńska M, Skonieczny G, Metzgier-Gumiela A, Chrapek M, Sobieraj E, Bryk AH, Dębski M, Podolec P, Małecka B, Desteghe L, Heidbuchel H, Undas A Tags: Kardiol Pol Source Type: research