Aug 5, 2022 · In this large, global contemporary cohort of around 24,000 patients with AF, we found that adherence to the ABC pathway was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of major adverse outcome; the effect was higher as the number of ABC criteria attained increased.

May 6, 2020 · Management of AF by an ABC consistent pathway is associated with reduction in major adverse events in clinically complex AF patients, including those with multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and prior hospitalization.

The 2020 European Society of Cardiology guidelines endorse the Atrial Fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway as a structured approach for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), addressing three principal elements: ‘A’ – avoid stroke (with oral anticoagulation), ‘B’ – patient-focused better symptom management, and ‘C’ – cardiovascular and co...

Illustration of the components of the ABC of AF Management in 2020 to ensure effective AF management for each patient. The three treatment pillars should be incorporated in an integrated care concept, which has patient education, shared decision making and patient reported outcome at …

Apr 11, 2022 · The Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway was proposed for a more holistic or integrated care approach to atrial fibrillation (AF) management. We investigated whether adherence with the ABC pathway reduced the risk of adverse clinical outcomes in real-world AF patients starting vitamin K antagonist (VKAs) therapy.

The Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway streamlines integrated care for patients with AF and involves anticoagulation/avoidance of stroke (A), better symptom management (B), and cardiovascular and comorbidity optimization (C). A Anticoagulation/ Avoid stroke B Better symptom control C Comorbidities/ Cardiovascular risk factor ...

Sep 29, 2017 · The Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway for integrated management provides a simple strategy that streamlines primary and secondary care of patients with AF.

Apr 26, 2022 · The ABC (Atrial fibrillation Better Care) pathway is proposed as a simple decision-making strategy to streamline the integrated approach to provide holistic care for patients with AF.

Apr 14, 2021 · The present study validates the ABC-AF-stroke, ABC-AF-bleeding, and ABC-AF-death scores for risk estimation in 2 large cohorts of patients with AF not receiving oral anticoagulation. The ABC-AF scores showed good discrimination and consistently outperformed the guideline-recommended and widely used CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc and HAS-BLED scores.

In this review, we present the ABC Pathway for the holistic, integrated management of patients diagnosed with AF: "A" avoid stroke with anticoagulation; "B" for better symptom management with patient-centered, symptom directed decisions on rate or rhythm control; and "C" cardiovascular and comorbidity risk reduction, including lifestyle factors ...