Impact of oral anticoagulation on the association between frailty and clinical outcomes in people with atrial fibrillation: nationwide primary care records on treatment analysis.

Chris Wilkinson Jianhua Wu Andrew Clegg Ramesh Nadarajah Kenneth RockwoodOliver ToddChris P Gale

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)

Frailty among people with AF is common. The OAC was associated with a reduction in the primary endpoint across all degrees of frailty.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
primary care
community dwelling
left atrial
oral anticoagulants
catheter ablation
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
percutaneous coronary intervention
cross sectional
combination therapy