Practice Variation in Anticoagulation Prescription and Outcomes after Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from the Veterans Health Administration.

CONCLUSIONS: Among Veterans with CIEDs, device-detected AF is common. There is large practice variation in 90-day OAC initiation after new device-detected AF with low rates of treatment overall, even for episodes >24 hours. The strongest association of OAC with reduction in stroke was observed after device-detected AF >24 hours. Randomized trials are needed to confirm these observational findings. PMID: 30880434 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30880434?dopt=Abstract

Source: Circulation - March 16, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Perino AC, Fan J, Askari M, Heidenreich PA, Keung E, Raitt MH, Piccini JP, Ziegler PD, Turakhia MP Tags: Circulation Source Type: research

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