Why the study?
Does guideline-concordant care improve risk-adjusted outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Does guideline-concordant care improve risk-adjusted outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation?
In a large outpatient registry, over a third of atrial fibrillation patients received non-guideline-concordant care, but guideline concordance was not associated with improved risk-adjusted outcomes.
Guideline concordance was unassociated with better AF outcomes in this cohort; leaves open whether guidelines improve results and needs prospective validation.
Over a third of patients with atrial fibrillation in this large outpatient registry received care that differed in some respect from guideline recommendations. There was no apparent association between GC care and improved risk-adjusted outcomes.
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