Practice Variation in Triple Therapy for Patients With Both Atrial Fibrillation and Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
Jason H WasfyRobert W Yeh

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that in the United States substantial practice variation exists in triple therapy prescribing practices, unrelated to measured patient factors. Recent data have shown that the risk of bleeding on dual antiplatelet therapy and oral anticoagulation ("triple therapy") is high, although the optimal strategy for patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease remains unclear. Using the PINNACLE (National Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence) registry, we identified 79,875 unique patients with both atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter and myocardial infarction and/or coronary stenting within 12 months. Using triple therapy as a binary outcome variable, we created a mixed-effects logistic regression model with patient factors as fixed effects and practice site as a random effect. Patient factors included age, sex, diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, peripheral arterial disease, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, history of systemic embolization, and dyslipidemia. The model was assessed with a median odds ratio to assess practice variation after adjustment for patient factors. After adjustment for patient factors, significant practice variation wa...Continue Reading

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