Quality of Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil.
Karina Nogueira Dias Secco MalagutteCaroline Ferreira da Silva Mazeto Pupo da SilveiraFabrício Moreira ReisDaniele Andreza Antonelli RossiJoão Carlos HuebKatashi OkoshiHélio Rubens de Carvalho NunesLuis Cuadrado MartinRodrigo BazanSilméia Garcia Zanati BazanPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
The quality of anticoagulation in this tertiary hospital in Brazil is similar to that in centers in developing countries. Patients with greater INR instability in the adaptation phase evolved to a lower mean TTR during follow-up, had a 4.94-fold greater chance of stroke, and had a 3.35-fold greater chance of bleeding. Thus, for this patient group, individualizing the choice of anticoagulation therapy would be advised, considering the cost-benefit ratio.