International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
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Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc · Feb 2020
Management of patients with newly-diagnosed atrial fibrillation: Insights from the BALKAN-AF survey.
BALKAN-AF evaluated patterns of atrial fibrillation (AF) management in real-world clinical practice in the Balkans. The objectives were: to assess the proportion of patients with first-diagnosed AF in the BALKAN-AF cohort and to compare the management of patients with newly-diagnosed AF and those with previously known AF in clinical practice. ⋯ In BALKAN-AF survey, patients with newly-diagnosed AF were more often hospitalized, less often received OAC and were more likely to receive SAPT alone. The use of OAC for stroke prevention has not been driven by the individual patient stroke risk.
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Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc · Feb 2020
Prevalence, risk factors, and type of sleep apnea in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Recent studies have suggested an association between sleep apnea (SA) and atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to study the prevalence, characteristics, risk factors and type of sleep apnea (SA) in ablation candidates with paroxysmal AF. ⋯ In our AF population, SA was highly prevalent and predominantly obstructive. The high prevalence of SA detected in this study may indicate that SA is under-recognized in patients with AF. None of the screening questionnaires predicted SA reliably.