Racial and Sex Disparities in Anticoagulation After Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter.

ABSTRACT: Background Anticoagulation is indicated for 4 weeks after cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter. We sought to examine whether there is evidence of sex or racial disparity in anticoagulant prescription following cardioversion, and whether postcardioversion anticoagulation affects outcomes. Methods and Results We identified a representative sample of Medicare patients who underwent elective electric cardioversion in an outpatient setting from 2015 to 2017. We identified patients who had an anticoagulant prescription for 3 months after the cardioversion date. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with a prescription of an anticoagulant after cardioversion. Cox regression analysis was used to test association of anticoagulation with a comp

SUBMITTER: Mentias A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature