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Atrial fibrillation in acute coronary syndrome: patient characteristics and appropriate utilisation of anti-thrombotic therapy in New Zealand (ANZACS-QI 39).
CONCLUSION: In New Zealand, one in seven patients presenting with ACS have AF, a third being new-onset AF. Antithrombotic management is inconsistent, with underutilisation of anticoagulants, particularly the DAT regimen, and is inadequately informed by stroke and bleeding risk scores. PMID: 32777794 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - August 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research

Stroke Prevention, Evaluation of Bleeding Risk, and Anticoagulant Treatment Management in Atrial Fibrillation Contemporary International Guidelines
Publication date: May 2019Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 35, Issue 5Author(s): Marco Proietti, Deirdre A. Lane, Giuseppe Boriani, Gregory Y.H. LipAbstractIn recent years the management of atrial fibrillation patients has progressively and substantially changed because of the introduction of new treatments and the availability of new data regarding the epidemiology and clinical management of these patients. In the past 2 years alone, there have been 7 new guidelines or guideline updates that have been published, which have introduced new recommendations and significantly revised previously published ones. Tw...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - April 27, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Stroke Prevention, Evaluation of Bleeding Risk and Anticoagulant Treatment Management in Atrial Fibrillation Contemporary International Guidelines
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2019Source: Canadian Journal of CardiologyAuthor(s): Marco Proietti, Deirdre A. Lane, Giuseppe Boriani, Gregory Y.H. LipAbstractIn recent years the management of AF patients has progressively and substantially changed due to the introduction of new treatments and the availability of new data regarding the epidemiology and clinical management of these patients. In the last two years alone, there have been seven new guidelines or guideline updates that have been published, introducing new recommendations and significantly revising previously published ones. Two updates for Canad...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - February 22, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research