Characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation prescribed antiplatelet monotherapy compared with those on anticoagulants: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry

• Main Authors: Freek W.A. Verheugt, Haiyan Gao, Wael Al Mahmeed, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Dan Atar, Jean Pierre Bassand, A. John Camm, Frank Cools, John Eikelboom, Gloria Kayani, Toon Wei Lim, Frank Misselwitz, Karen S. Pieper, Martin Van Eickels, Ajay K. Kakkar
• Other Authors: National University Health System
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/46951
• Institution: Mahidol University

© The Author 2017. Aims Current atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines discourage antiplatelet (AP) monotherapy as alternative to anticoagulants (ACs). Why AP only is still used is largely unknown. Methods and results Factors associated with AP monotherapy prescription were analysed in GARFIELD-AF, a r...