Incident atrial fibrillation in the emergency department in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study of follow-up care

CL Atzema, B Yu, N Ivers, P Rochon, DS Lee… - … Open Access Journal, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background Continuity of care has been shown to be poor following in-hospital discharge,
and there are substantially fewer resources to facilitate follow-up care arrangements after …

Association of follow-up care with long-term death and subsequent hospitalization in patients with atrial fibrillation who receive emergency care in the province of …

CL Atzema, B Yu, MJ Schull… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Currently, 11% of patients seen in the emergency department for atrial
fibrillation die within 1 year of the visit. Our objective was to examine the association of rapid …

Evaluating early repeat emergency department use in patients with atrial fibrillation: a population-based analysis

CL Atzema, P Dorian, NM Ivers, AS Chong… - American Heart …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) use by patients with atrial fibrillation is high
and will accelerate with the aging of the population. In patients with atrial fibrillation who are …

Identifying predictors of cumulative healthcare costs in incident atrial fibrillation: a population‐based study

MC Bennell, F Qiu, A Micieli, DT Ko… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) has substantial impacts on healthcare resource utilization.
Our objective was to understand the pattern and predictors of cumulative healthcare costs in …

Predictors of obtaining follow-up care in the province of Ontario, Canada, following a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and hypertension in the …

CL Atzema, B Yu, NM Ivers, PA Rochon… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
ObjectivePatients with cardiovascular diseases are common in the emergency department
(ED), and continuity of care following that visit is needed to ensure that they receive …

Predictors and clinical outcomes of inpatient versus ambulatory management after an emergency department visit for atrial fibrillation: a population-based study

C Tran, MC Bennell, F Qiu, DT Ko, SM Singh… - American Heart …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background There is substantial variation in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the
emergency department (ED), particularly whether these patients are admitted to hospital. We …

Impact of cardiology follow-up care on treatment and outcomes of patients with new atrial fibrillation discharged from the emergency department

NM Hawkins, FX Scheuermeyer, E Youngson… - EP …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The first presentation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is often to an emergency department
(ED). We evaluated the association of subsequent specialist care with morbidity and …

A clinical prediction model to estimate risk for 30-day adverse events in emergency department patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation

TW Barrett, AR Martin, AB Storrow, CA Jenkins… - Annals of emergency …, 2011 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation affects more than 2 million people in the United States
and accounts for nearly 1% of emergency department (ED) visits. Physicians have little …

Follow-Up of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Discharged From the Emergency Department: Why, Who, When, and How?

SB Wilton, DS Chew - Circulation: Arrhythmia and …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
2 Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2019; 12: e008087. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP. 119.008087
December 2019 silent on these topics. 11–13 A group of health services researchers from …

Factors associated with 90-day death after emergency department discharge for atrial fibrillation

CL Atzema, PC Austin, AS Chong, P Dorian - Annals of emergency …, 2013 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: More than 10% of patients treated in the emergency department (ED)
for atrial fibrillation die within a year of the visit. We sought to describe the post-ED care of an …