Patients' characteristics and clinical management of atrial fibrillation in primary healthcare in Spain : FIATE Study

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The main therapeutic objective in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is stroke prevention. This study is aimed to determine whether the anticoagulant therapy may be appropriate regarding to the Guidelines and patients' profile in primary healthcare in Spain.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A national, multicenter, cross-sectional study of AF patients attended in primary healthcare in Spain has been conducted. The study involved 185 family physicians whose patients were randomized.

RESULTS: A total of 3,759 AF patients were randomized from the clinical records, and 2,070 were included in the study, at an average age of 74 (11) years old (50.7% female). Most of them (78%) had permanent AF and high comorbidity rates (hypertension 75%, obesity 30%, diabetes 27%, heart failure 20%, coronary heart disease 17%, and social risk 15%). Patients diagnosed in primary healthcare were more frequently asymptomatic than in hospital setting (36%; P<.001). The therapeutic strategy was based on the heart rate control in 4 out of 5 patients. Anticoagulation therapy was widely used (84%), more frequently in patients with permanent vs. non-permanent AF (91 vs. 60%, P<.001). Follow-up and monitoring was mainly performed in primary care (72%). The anticoagulation control was suboptimal, with a 66% of the international normalized ratio (INR) in therapeutic range, dropping to 33% when the last 3 available INR were included (P<.001).

CONCLUSIONS: A high rate of patients with anticoagulant therapy in primary healthcare has been found in this research. INR control, however, remains suboptimal. Heart rate control is the most commonly used strategy. The decision about the anticoagulation should be based on the thromboembolic risk rather than in the arrhytmia type.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Med Clin (Barc). 2013 Oct 5;141(7):295-6. - PMID 23743322

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:141

Enthalten in:

Medicina clinica - 141(2013), 7 vom: 05. Okt., Seite 279-86

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Características de los pacientes y abordaje terapéutico de la fibrilación auricular en atención primaria en España: Estudio FIATE

Beteiligte Personen:

Lobos-Bejarano, José María [VerfasserIn]
del Castillo-Rodríguez, José Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Mena-González, Amparo [VerfasserIn]
Alemán-Sánchez, José J [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera de León, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Barón-Esquivias, Gonzalo [VerfasserIn]
Pastor-Fuentes, Agustín [VerfasserIn]
en nombre de los Investigadores del Estudio FIATE (Situación actual de la FIbrilación auricular en ATención primaria en España) [VerfasserIn]
Navarro, Rafael Gómez [Sonstige Person]
Martín-Riobóo, Enrique [Sonstige Person]
Garcia-Matarín, Lisardo [Sonstige Person]
Palomo, Salvador Domínguez [Sonstige Person]
Ureña, Tomás [Sonstige Person]
Rodríguez, Juan C [Sonstige Person]
Alvarez-Guisasola, Fernando [Sonstige Person]
Tranche, Salvador [Sonstige Person]
Rodríguez-Ruiz, Tomás [Sonstige Person]
Simó, J F Palmer [Sonstige Person]
Alemán-Sánchez, José Juan [Sonstige Person]
Jiménez-Mena, Carmelo [Sonstige Person]
Martinez-González, Mercedes [Sonstige Person]
Párraga, Ignacio [Sonstige Person]
García-Ortiz, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Garcia-Norro, Javier [Sonstige Person]
Domingo, Mar [Sonstige Person]
Fuentes, Sonia [Sonstige Person]
Planas, Antoni [Sonstige Person]
Herreros, Juan [Sonstige Person]
Gallardo, M Jesús [Sonstige Person]
Juncadella, Enric [Sonstige Person]
Vegas-Jiménez, Tomás [Sonstige Person]
Lozano, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Mosquera, Jacinto [Sonstige Person]
Rodriguez-Alvarez, Rosa [Sonstige Person]
Fransi, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Alonso-Roca, Rafael [Sonstige Person]
Díaz-Sánchez, Santiago [Sonstige Person]
Egocheaga, Isabel [Sonstige Person]
Puche, Natividad [Sonstige Person]
Castellanos-Rodríguez, Angel [Sonstige Person]
Obaya, Juan Carlos [Sonstige Person]
Egido, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Castellanos, Javier [Sonstige Person]
Quindimil, José A [Sonstige Person]
Azpeitia, M Eugenia [Sonstige Person]
Aberasturi, Emilio [Sonstige Person]
Pérez-Fernández, José Manuel [Sonstige Person]
Cenoz, Juan Carlos [Sonstige Person]
Olagaray, José Luis [Sonstige Person]
Gosalbes, Victoria [Sonstige Person]
Valderrama, Javier [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Abordaje terapéutico
Anticoagulants
Anticoagulation therapy
Atención primaria
Atrial fibrillation
Clinical management
Fibrilación auricular
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Primary healthcare
Tratamiento anticoagulante

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.04.2014

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Med Clin (Barc). 2013 Oct 5;141(7):295-6. - PMID 23743322

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.medcli.2012.12.023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM227592573