| Publications [#339609] of Renato D. Lopes
Papers Published
- Luo, N; Xu, H; Jneid, H; Fonarow, GC; Lopes, RD; Piccini, JP; Curtis, AB; Russo, AM; Lewis, WR; Matsouaka, RA; Granger, CB; Mentz, RJ; Al-Khatib, SM, Use of Oral Anticoagulation in Eligible Patients Discharged With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation.,
Circ Heart Fail, vol. 11 no. 10
(October, 2018),
pp. e005356 [doi]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Stroke prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) in the era of direct oral anticoagulants is not well characterized. Using data from American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-AFIB, we sought to evaluate oral anticoagulation (OAC) use at discharge among AF patients with concomitant HF. METHODS AND RESULTS: AF patients with a diagnosis of HF hospitalized from January 2013 to March 2017 were included. We compared patient characteristics and use of OAC at discharge among patients with reduced (redundant ejection fraction [EF], EF≤40%), borderline (40%
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