Risk of stroke and oral anticoagulant use in atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey

Therapies Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Ingentaconnect.com: 10/1/12

Background

Oral anticoagulants substantially reduce the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation but are underutilised in current practice.

Aim

To measure the distribution of stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (using the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores) and changes in oral anticoagulant use during 2007-2010.

Design and setting

Longitudinal series of cross-sectional survey in 583 UK practices linked to the QResearch® database providing 99 351 anonymised electronic records from people with atrial fibrillation. Read more

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