Care and referral patterns in a large, dedicated nurse-led atrial fibrillation outpatient clinic.
F R PiersmaJolien NeefsW R BergerN W E van den BergR WesselinkS P J KrulJ R de GrootPublished in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2021)
After initial cardiac assessment in the nurse-led outpatient clinic, about half of the newly referred AF patients were referred back to their GP. This strategy may reduce the burden of AF patients on secondary or tertiary cardiology outpatient clinics.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- venous thromboembolism
- quality improvement
- cardiac surgery
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- chronic pain
- acute kidney injury
- health insurance
- clinical evaluation