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Alcohol consumption and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and bleeding in patients with established atrial fibrillation
CMAJ. 2021 Jan 25;193(4):E117-E123. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.200778.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Little is known about the association between alcohol consumption and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with established atrial fibrillation (AF). The main aim of the current study was to investigate the associations of regular alcohol intake with incident stroke or systemic embolism in patients with established AF.METHODS: To assess the association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular events in patients with established AF, we combined data from 2 comparable prospective cohort studies that followed 3852 patients with AF for ...
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal - March 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Philipp Reddiess Stefanie Aeschbacher Pascal Meyre Michael Coslovsky Michael K ühne Nicolas Rodondi Oliver Baretella J ürg H Beer Richard Kobza Giorgio Moschovitis Marcello Di Valentino Cyrill M üller Fabienne Steiner Leo H Bonati Christian Sticherling Source Type: research

Prescribing of oral anticoagulants in the emergency department and subsequent long-term use by older adults with atrial fibrillation.
Authors: Atzema CL, Jackevicius CA, Chong A, Dorian P, Ivers NM, Parkash R, Austin PC Abstract BACKGROUND: Patients with atrial fibrillation frequently seek emergency care. Rates of guideline-concordant oral anticoagulant therapy for stroke prevention are suboptimal in the community. We assessed the association between prescribing of oral anticoagulants in the emergency department (relative to referral to a longitudinal care provider for treatment initiation) and long-term use of oral anticoagulants. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study performed at 15 hospitals in Ontario, Canada, involved patients aged 65...
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal - December 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: CMAJ Source Type: research