One-year risks of stroke and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation from different clinical settings: The Gulf SAFE registry and Darlington AF registry

Background Differences exist in oral anticoagulation (OAC) use between different populations with atrial fibrillation (AF), which may be associated with varying outcomes. Purpose We aimed to provide patient level comparisons of two cohorts of patients with AF, from the United Kingdom (UK) and Middle East (ME). Methods The clinical characteristics, prescription of OAC, one-year risk of stroke and mortality were compared between individual...