1. Guideline-adherent therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in different health care settings: Results from RAMSES study
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Selami Demirelli, Murat Civan, Ezgi Kalaycıoğlu, Ismail Bolat, Seref Ulucan, Emine Altuntas, Beytullah Çakal, Mehmet Tekinalp, Yiğit Çanga, Kadriye Memiç Sancar, Cem Doğan, Zeki Şimşek, Fatma Özpamuk Karadeniz, Ulaankhu Batgharel, Onur Taşar, Arif Arısoy, Kamuran Tekin, Özkan Candan, Gökhan Gözübüyük, Özgür Kaplan, Ceyhan Türkkan, Müjgan Tek Öztürk, Ahmet Çağrı Aykan, Oguz Karaca, Yasin Çakıllı, Mehmet Hamidi, Bingül Dilekçi Şahin, Ahmet İlker Tekkeşin, Zübeyde Bayram, Adnan Kaya, Tahir Bezgin, Aleks Degirmencioglu, Kadriye Akay, Ozlem Ozcan Celebi, Aytekin Aksakal, Özcan Başaran, Ali Ekber Ata, Sinan Inci, Gökhan Göl, İdris Pektaş, Savas Celebi, Mehmet Yaman, Sedat Kalkan, Mehmet Hayri Alıcı, Adem Tatlısu, Bernas Altıntaş, Macit Kalçık, Gurbet Özge Mert, Ibrahim Altun, Hacı Murat Güneş, Kadir Uğur Mert, Gökhan Aksan, Aslı Tanındı, Osman Beton, Sabri Seyis, Emrah Ermiş, Cevat Kirma, Mehmet Ballı, Edip Güvenç Çekiç, İbrahim Rencüzoğulları, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Vahit Demir, Ayşe Çolak, Serkan Gökaslan, Füsun Helvacı, Feyza Çalık, Nesrin Filiz Başaran, Volkan Doğan, Serdar Bozyel, Murat Biteker, Mehmet Aytürk, Özgen Şafak, Fethi Yavuz, and Tıp Fakültesi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Turkey ,Stroke Prevention ,Administration, Oral ,Inappropriate Prescribing ,Comorbidity ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Tertiary Care Centers ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Health care ,Atrial Fibrillation ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Oral Anticoagulant Therapy ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Registries ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,Anticoagulants ,Atrial fibrillation ,Guideline ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Stroke ,ComputingMilieux_MANAGEMENTOFCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONSYSTEMS ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,Stroke prevention ,Baseline characteristics ,Healthcare settings ,Physical therapy ,Population study ,Female ,Guideline Adherence ,InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS ,business - Abstract
PubMed ID: 28238569, Objective No studies have been conducted in Turkey to compare the quality of stroke prevention therapies provided in different healthcare settings in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Therefore, we aimed to evaluate possible differences between secondary (SH) and tertiary hospital (TH) settings in the effectiveness of implementing AF treatment strategies. Methods Baseline characteristics of 6273 patients with non-valvular AF enrolled in the RAMSES (ReAl-life Multicentre Survey Evaluating Stroke Prevention Strategies in Turkey) study were compared. Results Of the study population, 3312 (52.8%) patients were treated in THs and 2961 (47.2%) patients were treated in SHs. Patients treated in the SH setting were older (70.8 ± 9.8 vs. 68.7 ± 11.4 years, p
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- 2017