Marita Knudsen Pope, Dan Atar, Arne Svilaas, Torstein Hole, Jørn Dalsgaard Nielsen, Ulrik Hintze, Milita Crisby, Pekka Raatikainen, K E Juhani Airaksinen, Saverio Virdone, Karen Pieper, Gloria Kayani, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Jan Steffel, Janina Stepinska, Jean-Pierre Bassand, A John Camm
AIMS: The objective was to evaluate the clinical characteristics, management and two-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation at risk for stroke in Nordic countries. METHODS: We examined the baseline characteristics, antithrombotic treatment, and two-year clinical outcomes of patients from four Nordic countries. RESULTS: A total of 52,080 patients were enrolled in the GARFIELD-AF. Out of 29,908 European patients, 2,396 were recruited from Nordic countries...
December 2021: Annals of Medicine