Atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulation in older people with frailty: a nationwide primary care electronic health records cohort study
Age and Ageing2020Vol. 50(3), pp. 772–779
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Chris Wilkinson, Andrew Clegg, Oliver Todd, Kenneth Rockwood, Mohammad E Yadegarfar, Chris P Gale, Marlous Hall
Abstract
Among older people in England, AF and stroke risk increased with increasing degree of frailty; however, OAC prescription approximated 50%. Given competing demands of mortality, morbidity and stroke prevention, greater attention to stratified stroke prevention is needed for this group of the population.
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