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Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey
Scientific Reports, 6 (2016), 1; 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20432
(BALKAN-AF Investigators) Potpara, Tatjana S.; ...; Brusich, Sandro; Lip, Gregory Y. H.

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Potpara, T. S., Brusich, S. & Lip, G. Y. H. (2016). Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey. Scientific Reports, 6. (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1038/srep20432

Potpara, Tatjana S., et al. "Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey." Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20432

Potpara, Tatjana S., Sandro Brusich and Gregory Y. H. Lip. "Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey." Scientific Reports 6, no. 1 (2016): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20432

Potpara, T. S., Brusich, S. and Lip, G. Y. H. (2016) 'Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey', Scientific Reports, 6(1), pp. 1-10. doi: 10.1038/srep20432

Potpara TS, Brusich S, Lip GYH. Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey. Scientific Reports [Internet]. 2016 February 12 [cited 2024 July 13];6(1):1-10. doi: 10.1038/srep20432

T. S. Potpara, S. Brusich and G. Y. H. Lip, "Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey", Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-10, February 2016. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:477266. [Accessed: 13 July 2024]

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Title (english)Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and ‘real world’ adherence to guidelines in the Balkan Region: The BALKAN-AF Survey
AuthorTatjana S. Potpara
Author
...
AuthorSandro Brusich
AuthorGregory Y. H. Lip
CollaborationBALKAN-AF Investigators
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Internal Medicine)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
Data on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the Balkan Region are limited. The Serbian AF Association (SAFA) prospectively investigated contemporary 'real-world' AF management in clinical practice in Albania, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia through a 14-week (December 2014-February 2015) prospective, multicentre survey of consecutive AF patients. We report the results pertinent to stroke prevention strategies. Of 2712 enrolled patients, 2663 (98.2%) with complete data were included in this analysis (mean age 69.1 ± 10.9 years, female 44.6%). Overall, 1960 patients (73.6%) received oral anticoagulants (OAC) and 762 (28.6%) received antiplatelet drugs. Of patients given OAC, 17.2% received non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs). CHA2DS2-VASc score was not significantly associated with OAC use. Of the 'truly low-risk' patients (CHA2DS2-VASc = 0 [males], or 1 [females]) 56.5% received OAC. Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR) was available in only 18.7% of patients (mean TTR: 49.5% ± 22.3%). Age ≥ 80 years, prior myocardial infarction and paroxysmal AF were independent predictors of OAC non-use. Our survey shows a relatively high overall use of OAC in AF patients, but with low quality of vitamin K antagonist therapy and insufficient adherence to AF guidelines. Additional efforts are needed to improve AF-related thromboprophylaxis in clinical practice in the Balkan Region.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleScientific Reports
Numberingvol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-10
e-ISSN2045-2322
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/srep20432
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:477266
Publication2016-02-12
Document URLhttp://www.nature.com/articles/srep20432
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