A multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic

HN Tran, J Tafreshi, EA Hernandez… - Current Cardiology …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
clinic focusing on management of patients with AF. The objective of our study was to evaluate
the outcomes of treating AF patients in this clinic… of patients who had clinic visits between …

Cost-effectiveness of a specialized atrial fibrillation clinic vs. usual care in patients with atrial fibrillation

J Hendriks, F Tomini, T Van Asselt, H Crijns… - Europace, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… suffer from this arrhythmia, and prevalence is increasing with age. Atrial fibrillation is strongly
associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates. Atrial fibrillation is considered an …

An atrial fibrillation transitions of care clinic improves atrial fibrillation quality metrics

BQ Abadie, B Hansen, J Walker, Z Deyo, K Biese… - Clinical …, 2020 - jacc.org
… This study sought to assess whether an atrial fibrillation (AF)–specific clinic is associated
with … (AHA) clinical performance and quality measures for adults with AF or atrial flutter. …

Atrial fibrillation clinics in Canada: a nationwide project report

J Cruz, Z Mariano, P Dorian - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
… The increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has led to specialized AF clinics (AFCs)
to … 14 clinics in 5 provinces; 100% provided responses to a detailed questionnaire on clinic

The impact of nurse-led atrial fibrillation clinics on patient and healthcare outcomes: a systematic mixed studies review

KL Rush, L Burton, K Schaab… - European Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… -led atrial fibrillation clinics have developed to improve care and guidance for atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation clinics that provide specialised and patient-centred care have improved …

Risk factor management and atrial fibrillation clinics: saving the best for last?

R Mahajan, RK Pathak, A Thiyagarajah, DH Lau… - Heart, Lung and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide.
… proposed as contributors to the expanding epidemic of atrial fibrillation (AF). Thus, a fourth …

Integrated specialized atrial fibrillation clinics reduce all-cause mortality: post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial

JML Hendriks, RG Tieleman, HJM Vrijhoef… - EP …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… in terms of a specialized outpatient clinic for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), has demonstrated
… through a specialized outpatient clinic offering an integrated chronic care programme. …

An integrated management approach to atrial fibrillation

L Carter, M Gardner, K Magee, A Fearon… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
… into the AF clinic group and … clinic and usual‐care groups, respectively. The median time
between referral and first specialist clinic assessment was 74 days and 40 days in the AF clinic

Effectiveness of structured, hospital-based, nurse-led atrial fibrillation clinics: a comparison between a real-world population and a clinical trial population

I Qvist, JML Hendriks, DS Møller, AE Albertsen… - Open …, 2016 - openheart.bmj.com
… Our finding that the real-world AF clinics performed as well as the trial clinic may have
several explanations. A larger proportion of the patients in the real world were taking oral …

Cost-effectiveness and clinical effectiveness of the risk factor management clinic in atrial fibrillation: the CENT study

RK Pathak, M Evans, ME Middeldorp… - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
… in a dedicated physician-directed clinic at the time of initial assessment (Figure 1). Here we
compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a dedicated RFM clinic for long-term results of …