MEDtube Science 2017 - Trends in prescribing anticoagulation therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation among Warsaw population. Do the up-to-date guidelines influence the choice of treatment?

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The most relevant complications of atrial fibrillation (AF) are thromboembolic events. Probability of the above could be reduced with an anticoagulant therapy. Since 1954, a group of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) has been administered including warfarin and acenocoumarol. In 2011 novel oral anticoagulants (NOAC) like dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban were introduced. The purpose of this study was to analyse the type of anticoagulant therapy used among patients with AF. It was a cross-sectional survey study which included 268 randomly selected patients treated in inpatient and out-patient cardiac clinics in the left-bank Warsaw district. The study inclusion criteria were confirmed nonvalvular atrium fibrillation (NVAF) and the use of anticoagulant therapy.

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