ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT TACTICS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN REAL OUTPATIENT PRACTICES

The article analyses management tactics in patients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation in real outpatient practices basing on a registry study. The study included 243 patients (168 [30,9%] men and 75 [69,1%] women) with diagnoses of AF and CAD. Most of the patients had combined cardiovascular pathology, and a number of concomitant non-cardiovascular diseases. Main defects in providing outpatient care to the AF and CAD patients were revealed: insufficient rate of follow-up by cardiologist, insufficient rate of obligate instrumental and laboratory assessments, inconsistency of prescribed disease- and symptommodifying pharmaceutical treatment with current clinical guidelines.