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Incidence of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulant prescribing in England, 2009 to 2019: A cohort study.

Alyaa M AjabnoorSalwa S ZghebiRosa ParisiDarren M AshcroftMartin K RutterTim DoranMatthew J CarrMamas Andreas MamasEvangelos Kontopantelis
Published in: PLoS medicine (2022)
The incidence of NVAF increased between 2009 and 2015, before plateauing. Underprescribing of OACs in NVAF is associated with a range of comorbidities, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors, demonstrating the need for initiatives to reduce inequalities in the care for AF patients.
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