Ertas, FarukEren, Nihan KahyaKaya, HasanAribas, AlpayAcar, GokselKanadasi, MehmetGedik, Selcuk2024-04-242024-04-2420131897-55931898-018Xhttps://doi.org/10.5603/CJ.a2013.0055https://hdl.handle.net/11468/20261Background: AFTER (Atrial Fibrillation in Turkey: Epidemiologic Registry) is a prospective, multicenter study designed with the aim of describing the prevalence and epidemiology of AF practice in Turkey. This study aims to evaluate stroke risk in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and anticoagulant drug utilization within conformity to AF guidelines. Methods: Patients were recruited in 17 referral hospitals reflecting all the population of 7 geographical regions of Turkey. 2242 consecutive patients who had been admitted with AF on ECG were included in the study. 1745 of these patients, who had non-valvular AF, were included in the statistical evaluation. Stroke risk was evaluated with the CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc score. Results: The average age of participants was determined to be 69.2 +/- 11.5 years (56% female). Persistent-permanent AF was found to be the most common type of non-valvular AF (78%). The most common comorbid disorder was hypertension (73%). It was found that oral anticoagulant therapy was used by 40% of all patients, 37% of whom had effective INR (2.0-3.0). Upon multivariate analysis, age was found to be the only independent predictor of stroke among the variables' effects on thromboembolic events that created CHA2DS2-VASc abbreviations (OR 1.026, p < 0.001). Conclusions: These results suggest that stroke risk scores should be thoroughly heeded based on guidelines, and that anticoagulation must be applied according to their guidance.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAtrial FibrillationStrokeAnticoagulantEpidemiologyArticle204447452WOS:0003242689000162367773010.5603/CJ.a2013.0055Q3