Optimising prediction of mortality, stroke, and major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation: external validation of the garfield-af model in uk primary care electronic records

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Apenteng and colleagues from the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK have published the paper: Optimising prediction of mortality, stroke, and major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation: external validation of the GARFIELD-AF model in UK primary care electronic records, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 31/07/2020

SUMMARY

Oral anticoagulation (OAC) substantially reduces the risk of AF-related stroke. OAC increases the risk of bleeding, and AF management guidelines recommend the use of risk stratification tools to guide decisions on anticoagulation.2 3 Until recently both . . .

 



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