Appropriateness of prescription of oral anticoagulant therapy in acutely hospitalized older people with atrial fibrillation. Secondary analysis of the SIM-AF cluster randomized clinical trial.
Stefania AntoniazziIlaria ArdoinoMarco ProiettiValter MonzaniPier Mannuccio MannucciAlessandro NobiliCarlotta Franchinull nullPublished in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2019)
A high proportion of hospitalized older patients with AF remains inappropriately prescribed or nonprescribed with OACs. The management of these patients at hospital admission is the strongest predictor of prescription appropriateness at discharge.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- emergency department
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- healthcare
- physical activity
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- acute care
- stem cells
- venous thromboembolism
- clinical trial
- bone marrow
- left ventricular
- mesenchymal stem cells
- cell therapy