The effect of treatment strategy on long-term follow-up results in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in Turkey: AFTER-2 subgroup analysis.
Raif KılıçTuncay GüzelAdem AktanMuhammed DemirBayram AslanFaruk ErtaşPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2023)
It was found that rhythm control strategy is preferred in AF patients in Turkey. We found a lower rate of ischemic CVD/TIA in patients in the rhythm control group. Although no difference was observed in mortality rates, we found a higher rate of hospitalization in the rhythm control group.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- heart rate
- randomized controlled trial
- heart failure
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- blood pressure
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- oxidative stress
- open label
- study protocol
- combination therapy
- subarachnoid hemorrhage