ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION/ATRIAL FLUTTER IN CANADA

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter (AF/AFL) working group recently updated its quality indicators (QIs) of therapies and outcomes for AF/AFL, an increasingly common and critical public health issue. After an environmental scan, we did an exploratory analysis of temporal trends in AF/AFL hospitalizations and QI (1-year rates of stroke/systemic embolism (SSE), major haemorrhage, and new-onset heart failure (HF)...