title: Anticoagulant therapy is prescribed less often in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation regardless of thromboembolic risk: results from the Registry of Atrial Fibrillation To Investigate New Guidelines (RAFTING).
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: a.pipilis@hygeia.gr.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pipilis
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farmakis
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaliambakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutics, University of Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goudevenos
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lekakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants
keywords: Anticoagulants; Antiplatelet therapy; Antithrombotic therapy; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Permanent atrial fibrillation; Registry