Risk profile, antithrombotic treatment and clinical outcomes of patients in Nordic countries with atrial fibrillation - results from the GARFIELD-AF registry

CONCLUSION: Nordic patients had significantly higher major bleeding than Non-Nordic-European patients. In contrast, rates of all-cause mortality and non-haemorrhagic stroke/SE were comparable.CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: Unique identifier: NCT01090362. URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.KEY MESSAGE: Nordic countries had significantly higher major bleeding than Non-Nordic-European countries. Rates of mortality and non-haemorrhagic stroke/SE were similar .PMID:33818226 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2021.1893897

Source: Annals of Medicine - April 5, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Marita Knudsen Pope Dan Atar Arne Svilaas Torstein Hole J ørn Dalsgaard Nielsen Ulrik Hintze Milita Crisby Pekka Raatikainen K E Juhani Airaksinen Saverio Virdone Karen Pieper Gloria Kayani Jean-Yves Le Heuzey Jan Steffel Janina Stepinska Jean-Pierre Bas Source Type: research