Compliance to direct oral anticoagulation therapy and clinical outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study
Bjarke Sihm Stender, Victor Kjær Eskildsen, Anders Kramer, Maja Hellfritzsch Poulsen, Kasper Korsholm, Kasper Bonnesen, Morten Schmidt, Mads Brix Kronborg, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk · 2026
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Description
Bjarke Sihm Stender and colleagues track, in 2026, how faithfully Danish patients kept taking blood-thinning tablets after a procedure for atrial fibrillation. Lifelong direct oral anticoagulants are advised for high-risk patients after catheter ablation to prevent stroke. Long-term use in real life was the question.
National registries identified 13,438 people who had a first ablation between 2017 and 2024. Among high-risk patients, a large majority still met the adherence threshold three years later, though the share fell under a stricter threshold. Persistence, meaning continued coverage at each time point, dropped more, with over a fifth no longer covered by year three. Rates of stroke-like events and major bleeding were both low. The authors call for efforts to sustain protection.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bjarke Sihm Stender, Victor Kjær Eskildsen, Anders Kramer, Maja Hellfritzsch Poulsen, Kasper Korsholm, Kasper Bonnesen, Morten Schmidt, Mads Brix Kronborg, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |