Provider Specialty, Anticoagulation, and Stroke Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown whether early cardiology involvement shortly after atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis is associated with favorable outcomes in AF patients who have cancer.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between early cardiology involvement after AF diagnosis in patients with history of cancer.

Methods

This study examined associations of early cardiology involvement with oral anticoagulation use, stroke, and bleeding among nonvalvular AF patients (n = 388,045; mean age 68 ± 15 years; 59% male) with a history of cancer (past or active) from the MarketScan database (2009 to 2014). International Classification of Disease-9th Revision-Clinical Modification codes in any position were used to identify cancer diagnosis prior to A

SUBMITTER: O'Neal WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6512871 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature