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ArticleOpen heart2022

Time trends in adherence to guideline recommendations for anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction.

Jarle Jortveit, Edvard L Sandberg, Are Hugo Pripp, Sigrun Halvorsen

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Article in Open heart, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation in STEMI Patients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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Jarle JortveitDepartment of Cardiology, Sorlandet Sykehus HF Arendal, Arendal, Norway jarle.jortveit@sshf.no.ORCID 0000-0003-0524-9852
Edvard L SandbergDepartment of Cardiology, Sorlandet Sykehus HF Arendal, Arendal, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1603-3558
Are Hugo PrippOslo Centre of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1678-7309
Sigrun HalvorsenDepartment of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7561-7644

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Abstract

backgroundPoor adherence to guideline recommendations for anticoagulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is previously reported. The aim of the present cohort study was to assess time trends in prescription of anticoagulation therapy in a nationwide registry-based cohort of patients with acute MI and AF.

methodsAll patients, registered in the Norwegian Myocardial Infarction Registry (NORMI) between 2013 and 2019 with ECG-verified AF at hospitalisation, were included in the cohort study. The primary outcome was the prescription rate of anticoagulation therapy at hospital discharge and follow-up through 2019.

resultsAF was observed in 8565 (10.9% of 78369) patients registered in the NORMI from 2013 through 2019. The congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 (doubled), diabetes, stroke (doubled), vascular disease, age 65-75, and sex (female) score was ≥2 in 7845 (92%) of the hospitalised patients with AF, and in 7174 (96%) of 7440 patients discharged alive. Only 3704 (47.2%) of these patients were treated with anticoagulation prior to the MI. The prescription rate of anticoagulation therapy at discharge was 55% in 2013, increasing to 78% in 2019 (annual per cent change 6.0 (95% CI 0.7 to 11.6)). Patients prescribed anticoagulation therapy had reduced risk of all types of stroke or death at follow-up compared with patients without prescription of anticoagulation therapy (multivariate-adjusted HR 0.8, 95% CI 0.7 to 0.8, p<0.001).

conclusionsThe prescription rate of anticoagulation therapy in patients with MI and AF increased during the study period, but many patients were still undertreated with respect to stroke prevention.

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Atrial FibrillationMyocardial InfarctionStrokeAgedAnticoagulantsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansRisk FactorsAnticoagulantsanticoagulationatrial fibrillationmyocardial infarctionstroke

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