Absence of Oral Anticoagulation and Subsequent Outcomes Among Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation
Hess PL, Kim S, Fonarow GC, Thomas L, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Ansell J, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Chan PS, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Patients and Investigators O. Absence of Oral Anticoagulation and Subsequent Outcomes Among Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation. The American Journal Of Medicine 2016, 130: 449-456. PMID: 27888051, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral anticoagulationAtrial fibrillationUntreated patientsSubsequent outcomesHigh riskAtrial fibrillation typeTransient ischemic attackAtrial fibrillation burdenBetter Informed TreatmentAtrial fibrillation patientsLow bleeding riskAmbulatory care sitesIschemic attackVASc scoreBleeding riskGuideline indicationsFibrillation patientsOutcomes RegistryCox regressionAdverse outcomesTreatment gapCare sitesNonsignificant trendPatientsCurrent community practice