2019
Outcomes and Anticoagulation Use After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Freeman JV, Shrader P, Pieper KS, Allen LA, Chan PS, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli G, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Go AS, Hylek EM, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Outcomes and Anticoagulation Use After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2019, 12: e007612. PMID: 31830822, DOI: 10.1161/circep.119.007612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAF catheter ablationOral anticoagulationRisk of strokeAF ablationCatheter ablationAntiarrhythmic medicationsDe novo AF ablationDiscontinuation of OACPropensity score-matched cohortAtrial fibrillation catheter ablationAF ablation patientsAnti-arrhythmic medicationsAtrial Fibrillation RegistryStroke prevention therapyBetter Informed TreatmentCohort of patientsPatterns of treatmentProportional hazards regressionUS national registryAnticoagulation useCause deathMajor bleedingSystemic embolismCardiovascular deathCause hospitalization
2013
Use of Evidence-based Cardiac Prevention Therapy Among Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation
Hess PL, Kim S, Piccini JP, Allen LA, Ansell JE, Chang P, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC. Use of Evidence-based Cardiac Prevention Therapy Among Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation. The American Journal Of Medicine 2013, 126: 625-632.e1. PMID: 23787195, PMCID: PMC4037289, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.01.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAntihypertensive AgentsAtrial FibrillationCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityDefibrillators, ImplantableEvidence-Based PracticeFemaleHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLogistic ModelsMalePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPractice Guidelines as TopicRegistriesRisk FactorsConceptsCardiovascular comorbid conditionsEvidence-based therapiesAtrial fibrillationRisk factorsComorbid conditionsEvidence-based therapy useMore evidence-based therapiesGuideline-recommended therapiesAngiotensin receptor blockersAntiarrhythmic drug therapyCardiovascular risk factorsPeripheral vascular diseaseMinority of patientsCoronary artery diseaseMultivariable logistic regressionUS national registryAngiotensin-converting enzymeAldosterone antagonistsComorbid illnessesReceptor blockersComorbid diseasesAntiplatelet agentsArtery diseaseDiabetes mellitusHeart failure