Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation

F Rahman, GF Kwan, EJ Benjamin - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major public health burden worldwide, and its prevalence is set to
increase owing to widespread population ageing, especially in rapidly developing countries …

Educational needs of people living with atrial fibrillation: a qualitative study

C Ferguson, LD Hickman, L Lombardo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background This study explored the educational and self‐management needs of adults living
with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods and Results This is a qualitative study of adults living …

Health care utilization in a nurse practitioner–led atrial fibrillation clinic

DB Meyer, MC Larkins, O Taha, A Seiler… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is emerging in prevalence
with an increasingly aging population. The complex nature of the disease and its association …

Primary Care Atrial Fibrillation Service: outcomes from consultant-led anticoagulation assessment clinics in the primary care setting in the UK

M Das, L Panter, GJ Wynn, RM Taylor, N Connor… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
atrial fibrillation (AF) can be significantly reduced by appropriate thromboembolic prophylaxis.
However, National Institute for Health … Foreseeing this healthcare priority, we instituted an …

Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review

G Thrall, D Lane, D Carroll, GYH Lip - The American journal of medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
… World Health Organization extended the definition of health to … become more important in
health care practice and clinical … for a variety of purposes in a health care setting: to screen for …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcomes in asymptomatic and symptomatic atrial fibrillation presentations in GARFIELD-AF: implications for AF screening

H Gibbs, B Freedman, M Rosenqvist, S Virdone… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… Major outcomes do not differ between asymptomatic and symptomatic atrial fibrillation
asymptomatic atrial fibrillation likely has the same prognosis as asymptomatic atrial fibrillation at …

Transforming the care of atrial fibrillation with mobile health

MP Turakhia, DW Kaiser - Journal of Interventional Cardiac …, 2016 - Springer
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common and important disease that is challenging and expensive
… Furthermore, care of AF is delivered across a wide range of health-care settings and …

The patient pathway review for atrial fibrillation

CS Kwok, GYH Lip - Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
… , or inpatient settings. The cost associated with care in each healthcare setting is variable
and … on the different healthcare providers working together. This can be challenging if each …

Knowledge and self-management behaviors of patients with recently detected atrial fibrillation

PJ McCabe, S Schad, A Hampton, DE Holland - Heart & Lung, 2008 - Elsevier
… The results may not be applicable to other nonacademic health care settings and settings
with dissimilar nursing resources. The convenience sample may not be representative of the …

… of apixaban vs. other new oral anticoagulants for the prevention of stroke: an analysis on patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in the Greek healthcare setting

K Athanasakis, E Karampli, D Tsounis, A Bilitou… - Clinical drug …, 2015 - Springer
Background and Objectives Three new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are currently approved
for stroke prevention and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (…