Atrial fibrillation and flutter outcomes and risk determination (AFFORD): design and rationale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia affecting over 700,000 individuals in Japan and 2.2 million in the USA. The proper management of patients with AF is critical due to the well-documented association with heart failure and stroke. A strategy to better define the emergency department (ED) management, admission decisions, and spectrum of risk from low to high is needed.

Methods and subjects

The atrial fibrillation and flutter outcomes and risk determination investigation is a prospective, observational cohort study to develop a multivariable clinical prediction rule that accurately estimates risk for adverse outcomes in patients presenting to the ED with symptomatic AF. We will enroll 430 patients at 2 sites who present to the ED with s

SUBMITTER: Barrett TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3169197 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature