ArticleDrugs & aging2018
Frailty Status Affects the Decision for Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
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- The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) employment in the frailty assessment of patients suffering from Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): A systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Anticoagulation Status and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Indications in Hospitalized Cardiology Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Hellenic Cardiorenal Morbidity Snapshot (HECMOS) Sub-Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Retrospective Cross-sectional Analysis of Older Adults Living with Frailty and Anticoagulant Use for Atrial Fibrillation.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2023Article
- Validation of the revised 9-scale clinical frailty scale (CFS) in Greek language.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Geriatric Syndromes and Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Association with Anticoagulant Use in a National Cohort of Older Americans.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Anticoagulant Therapy for Frail Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2021Article
- Frailty, Cognitive Impairment, and Anticoagulation Among Older Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Article
- Atrial Fibrillation in Older People: Concepts and Controversies.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundElderly patients are underrepresented in the studies concerning anticoagulation therapy (AT) in atrial fibrillation (AF), while patients' frailty status is lacking in most of the studies.
objectiveOur objective was to evaluate AT in AF elderly patients and study the effect of patients' frailty status on their long-term AT.
methodsWe conducted an observational prospective study that enrolled consecutive AF patients (≥ 75 years) who were hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine of the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece from 1 June 2015 to 1 June 2016. We recorded the AT on admission and at discharge, all-cause mortality, and hospital readmission in a follow-up period of 1 year after hospital discharge. Frailty status was assessed by pre-established scores.
resultsOne hundred and four consecutive patients (49% male; median age 87 years) were enrolled, 78 (78.8%) of whom received AT at discharge. Patients who did not receive AT at discharge had a higher HEMORR
conclusionA high percentage of the elderly AF patients did not receive AT, even at discharge. Patients who did not receive AT at discharge had higher bleeding and frailty scores. In the 1-year follow-up period after hospital discharge, high all-cause mortality and a high number of hospital readmissions were recorded.
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