Differences in Anticoagulant Therapy Prescription in Patients with Paroxysmal Versus Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

In a large, real-world cardiac outpatient population, patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with a moderate to high risk of stroke were less likely to be prescribed appropriate oral anticoagulant therapy and more likely to be prescribed less effective or no therapy for thromboembolism prevention.