Inadequate oral anticoagulation with warfarin in women with cerebrovascular event and history of atrial fibrillation: the FibStroke study
Publication in refereed journal
Full Text
View Full-text in CUHK
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1875499
DOI for CUHK Usershttp://easyaccess.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1875499
View Full-text in Publisher Websitehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07853890.2021.1875499
Altmetrics Information
.
Other information
AbstractBACKGROUND\nPATIENTS AND METHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSIONS\nWomen with atrial fibrillation (AF) may be treated less actively with oral anticoagulation (OAC) than men.\nWe assessed sex differences in the implementation of stroke risk stratification with CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores and reasons not to use OAC in 1747 AF patients suffering their first cerebrovascular event after the AF diagnosis.\nWomen were older and had more often a high stroke risk (CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc ≥2) than men (p < .001). On admission, 46.4% of women and 48.2% of men were on OAC with no sex difference (p = .437). However, of patients without OAC, 74.4% of women and 49.5% of men should have been on OAC based on CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc ≥2 (p < .001). Conversely, 34.8% of men and 17.5% of women on OAC had a low or moderate risk (CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc 0-1, p < .001). A valid reason to omit OAC was reported in 38.6% of patients and less often in women (p < .001).\nOAC was underused in high-risk AF patients, particularly women, but prescribed often in men with low or moderate stroke risk. Reasons for omitting OAC treatment were poorly reported, particularly for women. KEY MESSAGE Women were at higher stroke risk, but were less often treated with oral anticoagulation (OAC). Men were more often on OAC at low or moderate stroke risk. Reasons for omitting guideline based OAC were poorly reported, particularly for women.
All Author(s) ListBah A, Nuotio I, Palomäki A, Mustonen P, Kiviniemi T, Ylitalo A, Hartikainen P, Airaksinen KEJ, Hartikainen JEK
Journal nameAnnals of Medicine
Year2021
Volume Number53
Issue Number1
Pages287 - 294
ISSN0785-3890
LanguagesEnglish-United Kingdom
Most Relevant Area
Cardiovascular medicine and surgery (Internal medicine related)
Related Area