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Country and health expenditure are major predictors of withholding anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients at high risk of stroke

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العنوان: Country and health expenditure are major predictors of withholding anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients at high risk of stroke
المؤلفون: Bernard J Gersh, Deborah M Siegal, Karen Pieper, Anne-Céline Martin, Keith A A Fox, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Alexander G G Turpie, Frederik H Verbrugge, John Camm, Pantep Angchaisuksiri
المصدر: Open Heart, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2023)
بيانات النشر: BMJ Publishing Group, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
مصطلحات موضوعية: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
الوصف: Background Guidelines for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at high thromboembolic risk recommend oral anticoagulants (OACs) for preventing stroke and systemic embolism (SE). The reasons for guideline non-adherence are still unclear.Aim The aim is to identify clinical, demographic and non-patient characteristics associated with withholding OAC in patients with AF at high stroke risk.Methods Patients in the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-AF, newly diagnosed with AF between March 2010 and August 2016, and with CHA2DS2-VASc Score≥2 (excluding sex), were grouped by OAC treatment at enrolment. Factors associated with OAC non-use were analysed by multivariable logistic regression.Results Of 40 416 eligible patients, 12 126 (30.0%) did not receive OACs at baseline. Globally, OAC prescription increased over time, from 60.4% in 2010–2011 to 74.7% in 2015–2016. Country of enrolment was the major predictor for OAC withholding (χ2−df=2576). Clinical predictors of OAC non-use included type of AF (χ2−df=404), history of bleeding (χ2−df=263) and vascular disease (χ2−df=99). OACs were used most frequently around the age of 75 years and decreasingly with younger as well as older age beyond 75 years (χ2−df=148). Non-cardiologists (χ2−df=201) and emergency room physicians (χ2−df=14) were less likely to prescribe OACs. OAC prescription correlated positively with country health expenditure.Conclusions Approximately one out of three AF patients did not receive OAC, while eligible according to the guidelines. Country of enrolment was the major determinant of anticoagulation strategy, while higher country health expenditure was associated with lower likelihood of withholding anticoagulation.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2053-3624
Relation: https://openheart.bmj.com/content/10/2/e002506.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2053-3624
DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002506
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ec18f4ea503c48f5b1c1f8b4f8119d9f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.18f4ea503c48f5b1c1f8b4f8119d9f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20533624
DOI:10.1136/openhrt-2023-002506