Key result
Multidisciplinary AF clinic management reports no quantitative patient outcomes.
Why the study?
Does management in a multidisciplinary specialty clinic improve outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Observational
Does management in a multidisciplinary specialty clinic improve outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation?
AF specialty clinics were associated with lower hospitalizations and strokes than historical benchmarks; leaves open whether integrated models improve outcomes in prospective trials.
Background: Reports in the literature indicate that specialty clinics focusing on management of patients with specific chronic disorders have a significant positive impact on patient outcomes. Atrial fibrillation (AF), one of the most common forms of cardiac arrhythmia, affects millions of patients. Outcome data regarding the impact of managing patients with AF are limited. We established a specialty clinic focusing on management of patients with AF. The objective of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of treating AF patients in this clinic.
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Tran et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Atrial fibrillation. Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Clinic was evaluated on Patient outcomes.
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