Barriers to Interconception Care Delivery in Primary Care: Clinician, Staff, and Patient Perspectives.

Purpose: Many reproductive age women, cared for routinely by primary care providers (PCPs), would benefit from interconception care, yet a minority of primary care visits include interconception care. This study assessed barriers to providing interconception care from the perspective of primary care clinicians, staff, and patients.

Materials And Methods: Clinicians ( = 11), staff ( = 14), and patients eligible for interconception care ( = 6) from three primary care clinics in Chicago, Illinois participated in focus groups or interviews.

Association of the HFPEF Risk Score with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation.

Background: While atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) commonly coexist, the efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation in the setting of HFpEF is unclear.

Methods: In a cohort of patients who underwent cryoballoon ablation (CBA) from 2011 to 2016, we calculated the HFPEF risk score, a novel 6-item score (scale: 0-9 points) that accurately predicts the probability of HFpEF. We compared characteristics of patients by HFPEF score and evaluated the association of HFPEF score with 12-month recurrence of AF post-procedure.