Clinical characteristics of patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.39.01.02

Keywords:

atrial fibrillation, thromboembolism, anticoagulants

Abstract

Objective: to characterize Atrial Fibrillation (AF) to determine the frequency of the main comorbidities of atrial fibrillation, the thromboembolic risk and the main therapeutic strategy in patients of the Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga” in Cuenca city.

Methodology: it is a descriptive study with a universe of 297 patients with a diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, during 2017. The information was collected in a form prepared by the authors and analyzed with the PSPP Free Software Foundation, and Epidat programs 4.1 using frequency, percentage and mean distributions.

Results: a total of 52.5% of the studied population were men; the most frequent comorbidity was arterial hypertension in 50.5% of the cases; nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation represented 82.5% of the cases, the thromboembolic risk was high in 77.1% of the patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation; anticoagulation was the therapeutic strategy in 67% of patients.

Conclusion: the clinical characteristics of patients with AF in our city are consistent with those of similar populations. Most are men, older adults, and hypertensive. High embolic risk was predominant, consequently warfarin was the most used drug

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Published

2021-09-16

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2021): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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