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Managing atrial fibrillation in the very elderly patient: challenges and solutions

Overview of attention for article published in Vascular Health and Risk Management, October 2015
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#47 of 757)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)

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Title
Managing atrial fibrillation in the very elderly patient: challenges and solutions
Published in
Vascular Health and Risk Management, October 2015
DOI 10.2147/vhrm.s83664
Pubmed ID
26604772
Authors

Konstantinos Letsas, Nikolaos Karamichalakis, Konstantinos Vlachos, Stamatis Georgopoulos, Athanasios Bakalakos, Michael Efremidis, Antonios Sideris

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting elderly patients. Management and treatment of AF in this rapidly growing population of older patients involve a comprehensive assessment that includes comorbidities, functional, and social status. The cornerstone in therapy of AF is thromboembolic protection. Anticoagulation therapy has evolved, using conventional or newer medications. Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure is a new invasive procedure evolving as an alternative to systematic anticoagulation therapy. Rate or rhythm control leads to relief in symptoms, fewer hospitalizations, and an improvement in quality of life. Invasive methods, such as catheter ablation, are the new frontier of treatment in maintaining an even sinus rhythm in this particular population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Slovenia 1 <1%
Unknown 143 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 24 17%
Student > Master 20 14%
Student > Postgraduate 16 11%
Other 13 9%
Researcher 11 8%
Other 29 20%
Unknown 32 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 59 41%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 15 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 8%
Unspecified 6 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 2%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 40 28%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2022.
All research outputs
#1,891,566
of 22,831,537 outputs
Outputs from Vascular Health and Risk Management
#47
of 757 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,288
of 274,921 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Vascular Health and Risk Management
#1
of 2 outputs
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