A nurse-led atrial fibrillation clinic: Impact on anticoagulation therapy and clinical outcomes.

Jose Miguel Rivera-CaravacaPablo Gil-PerezCecilia Lopez-GarcíaAndrea Veliz-MartínezMiriam Quintana-GinerAna Isabel Romero-AniorteConcepción Fernandez-RedondoLuis MuñozEva QueroMaría Asunción Esteve-Pastor Gregory Yoke Hong Lip Vanessa Roldán Schilling Francisco Marín

Published in: International journal of clinical practice (2020)

A nurse-led AF clinic may offer a "patient-centered" review and holistic follow-up, and it would be associated with a reduction of ischaemic stroke/TIA, without increasing bleeding complications. Further studies should confirm these results.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
primary care
oral anticoagulants
catheter ablation
left atrial
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
risk factors
light emitting
case control
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
left ventricular
mitral valve