Anticoagulant therapy is prescribed less often in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation regardless of thromboembolic risk: results from the Registry of Atrial Fibrillation To Investigate New Guidelines (RAFTING)

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Aug 20;175(3):569-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.05.032. Epub 2014 May 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anticoagulants; Antiplatelet therapy; Antithrombotic therapy; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Permanent atrial fibrillation; Registry.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Data Collection / methods
  • Drug Prescriptions*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Registries*
  • Thromboembolism / diagnosis
  • Thromboembolism / epidemiology
  • Thromboembolism / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants