Temporal trends in anticoagulation management for US active duty personnel with atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT: ObjectivesThis study aims to investigate US active duty (AD) military members diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) and the temporal trends of systemic anticoagulation (AC). Our secondary objective is to study the AC prescriptions in AD military members diagnosed with AF and associated military dispositions and deployment rates.

Design and setting

A retrospective investigation of Tricare pharmacy AC prescriptions within the San Antonio Military Health System from January 2004 to July 2019 for AD individuals diagnosed with AF was performed.

Participants

386 AD personnel with non-valvular AF were analysed (mean age 35.0±9.4 years; mean body mass index, 28.3±4.3 kg/m²; 93% male; 57% Caucasian, 94% paroxysmal AF).

Outcomes

The temporal trends of systemic AC pr

SUBMITTER: Keithler AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710344 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature