Abstract:Background: While guidelines recommend focusing primarily on stroke risk to recommend anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation (AF), physicians report that geriatric syndromes (e.g., falls, disability) are important when considering anticoagulants. Little is known about the prevalence of geriatric syndromes in older adults with AF or the association with anticoagulant use.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the 2014 Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative study of older American… Show more
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