Optimizing anticoagulation management in atrial fibrillation: beyond the guidelines. How and for whom?

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and incidence increases with aging. The advance in technology field, with the possibility of monitoring patient's heart rate and even to perform a one-lead electrocardiography, might lead to a future paradigm shift in AF anticoagulation management. In this paper we commented Papakonstantinou et al. algorithm for the implementation of AF anticoagulation strategies, according to different patients' thromboembolic risk profile.