Epidemiology and impact of frailty in patients with atrial fibrillation in Europe

Giulio Francesco Romiti; Marco Vitolo; Stephanie L. Harrison; Michael Näbauer; Tatjana Potpara; Gheorghe‐Andrei Dan; Aldo Maggioni; Matteo Cesari; E Zëra; U Ekmekçiu; Vilma Paparisto; Mihal Tase; H Gjergo; J Dragoti; Artan Goda; M Ciutea; N. Ahadi; Ziad El Husseini; M. Raepers; J. Leroy; P Haushan; A Jourdan; Caroline Lepièce; Lien Desteghe; Johan Vijgen; Pieter Koopman; G. Van Genechten; Hein Heidbüchel; Tim Boussy; M De Coninck; Hannelore Van Eeckhoutte; N Bouckaert; Alain Friart; J. Boreux; C Arend; P Evrard; L Stefan; E Hoffer; J. Herzet; M Massoz; C. Celentano; Muriel Sprynger; Luc Piérard; P Mélon; B Van Hauwaert; C. Kuppens; Dirk Faes; Dirk van Lier; A. Van Dorpe; A. Gerardy; Olivier Deceuninck; Olivier Xhaët; Fabien Dormal; Elisabeth Ballant; Dominique Blommaert; D. Yakova; Mihail Hristov; T Yncheva; N. Stancheva; S. Tisheva; Mariya Tokmakova; Fedya Nikolov; D Gencheva; Tchavdar Shalganov; B. Kunev; M. Stoyanov; D. Marchov; Валери Гелев; Vassil Traykov; Аntoniya Kisheva; H Tsvyatkov; R Shtereva; S Bakalska-Georgieva; S Slavcheva; Yoto Yotov; Milena Kubíčková; A Marni Joensen; Anders Gammelmark; Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen; P Dinesen; Sam Riahi; Stine Krogh Venø; Birgit Sørensen; A. Korsgaard; Karl Andersen; Camilla Fragtrup Hellum; A Svenningsen; Ole Nyvad; P Wiggers; O May; Annemarie Aarup; B Graversen; Lisette Okkels Jensen

doi:10.1093/ageing/afac192

Abstract

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In this large cohort of AF patients, there was a high burden of frailty, influencing clinical management and risk of adverse outcomes. The clinical benefit of OAC is maintained in patients with high frailty, but not in very high/extremely frail ones.

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