Characteristics of warfarin under-prescription in older adults with atrial fibrillation

Recent highlights from the International Journal of Cardiology Heart & Vasculature on challenges for adequate stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation

“…The anticoagulation therapy landscape exhibits marked gaps, as exemplified by the report by Rashid et al [8] . The authors assessed warfarin prescription patterns on discharge after diagnosis of AF or atrial flutter in a New York cohort over 2006–2014, excluding the relatively low number of patients discharged on DOAC after these agents were introduced.…”