[Restraints to anticoagulation prescription in atrial fibrillation and attitude towards the new oral anticoagulants].

Introduction And Objectives: To evaluate the prescription rate of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation, the factors associated with non-prescription, the reasons referred by the physicians for not prescribing anticoagulants including the new generation anticoagulants, and to perform a medium term follow-up assessment.

Materials And Methods: Prospective study on consecutive patients with atrial fibrillation with hospital discharge. The CHA2DS2VASc and HASBLED scores, associated comorbidities and medication prescribed before and at discharge were assessed.