Ten-year trends in prescribing of antiarrhythmic drugs in Australian primary care patients with atrial fibrillation.

Woldesellassie M BezabheLuke R BereznickiJan RadfordMohammed S SalahudeenEdward GarrahyBarbara C WimmerIvan BindoffGregory M Peterson

Published in: Internal medicine journal (2021)

Despite changes in antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) choice in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), trends in AAD prescribing remain not investigated. We aimed to examine these changes using a nationwide Australian general practice data from 2009 to 2018. Over the 10 years, AAD prescribing in patients with AF decreased, which was mainly due to a reduction in the use of amiodarone, sotalol and digoxin. In contrast, the use of beta-blockers and flecainide increased.

Keyphrases

primary care
general practice
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
magnetic resonance
electronic health record
big data
magnetic resonance imaging
drug induced
atomic force microscopy
high speed