Influence of renal function on anticoagulation control in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation taking vitamin K antagonists.

Background And Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been related to poor anticoagulation control and an increased risk of bleeding. This study aims to evaluate the association between impaired renal function (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m ) and anticoagulation control in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) on vitamin K antagonists (VKA) therapy.

[Patients' characteristics and clinical management of atrial fibrillation in primary healthcare in Spain: FIATE Study].

Background And Objectives: The main therapeutic objective in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is stroke prevention. This study is aimed to determine whether the anticoagulant therapy may be appropriate regarding to the Guidelines and patients' profile in primary healthcare in Spain.

Patients And Methods: A national, multicenter, cross-sectional study of AF patients attended in primary healthcare in Spain has been conducted.

[The change of paradigm in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Challenges and emerging opportunities for the family physician].

Atrial fibrillation (AF), is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia in general population, affecting up to 10% in patients of advanced age. AF doubles overall mortality and increases up to 5-6 times the risk of stroke, which have the characteristic of being particularly harmful. The basis of treatment on AF are the rhythm or rate control and the prevention of thromboembolism.

[The waist to height ratio as an index of cardiovascular risk and diabetes].

Background And Objectives: To identify the anthropometric index that best detects cardiovascular risk (CVR) and type 2 diabetes (DM2) in the adult Spanish population and to determine its cut-off point.

Subjects And Methods: Cross-sectional study in the general population (n=6279). Sensitivity and specificity were estimated for the anthropometric indexes: abdominal waist, body mass index, waist to hip ratio and waist to height ratio (WtHR).

[Lifestyle and treatment adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus people in the Canary Islands].

Background: The Canary Islands population experiences the highest type 2 diabetes (DM2) mortality in Spain. We studied lifestyle, unknown DM2 and treatment adherence in diabetics of these islands.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of 6729 subjects from the general population (age 18-75) that participate in the cohort study "CDC of the Canary Islands".

[Coronary risk in the population of the Canary Islands, Spain, using the Framingham function].

Background And Objective: Although ischemic cardiopathy mortality in the Canary Islands is among the highest in Spain, the specific coronary risk for its population has not been estimated. This study presents the first cardiovascular risk charts for the Canarian adult population and compares them with those previously published on Gerona, Spain.

Subjects And Method: A cross-sectional study of 4915 subjects, aged 25-74, that had been enrolled in the cohort study CDC of the Canary Islands.