TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to the Atrial Fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway and the risk of major outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation
T2 - A post-hoc analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF Registry
AU - Romiti, Giulio Francesco
AU - Proietti, Marco
AU - Bonini, Niccolò
AU - Ding, Wern Yew
AU - Boriani, Giuseppe
AU - Huisman, Menno V.
AU - Lip, Gregory Y. H.
AU - GLORIA-AF Investigators
N1 - © 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Background: The ‘Atrial fibrillation Better Care’ (ABC) pathway has been proposed to streamline a more holistic or integrated care approach to atrial fibrillation (AF) management. We aimed to analyse the impact of adherence to the ABC pathway on the risk of major adverse outcomes in a contemporary prospective global cohort of patients with AF. Methods: Patients enrolled Phase II and III of the GLORIA-AF Registry with complete data on ABC pathway adherence and follow-up were included in this post-hoc analysis between November 2011 and December 2014 for Phase II, and between January 2014 and December 2016 for Phase III. The primary outcome was the composite of all-cause death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Multivariable Cox-regression and delay of event (DoE) analyses were used to evaluate the association between adherence to the ABC pathway and the risk of outcomes. Findings: We included 24,608 patients in this analysis (mean age: 70.2 (10.3) years, 10,938 (44.4%) females). Adherence to the ABC pathway was associated with a significant risk reduction for the primary outcome, with greatest magnitude observed for full ABC pathway adherence (adjusted Hazard Ratio [aHR] 0.54, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.44–0.67, p < 0.0001). ABC pathway adherence was also associated with reduced risk of mortality (aHR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.79–1.00, p = 0.048), thromboembolism (aHR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65–0.94, p = 0.0078), and MACE (aHR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.71–0.95, p = 0.0071). An increasing number of ABC criteria attained was associated with longer event-free survival in the DoE analysis. Interpretation: Adherence to the ABC pathway in patients with AF was associated with a reduced risk of major adverse events, including mortality, thromboembolism and MACE. This underlines the importance of using the ABC pathway in the clinical care of patients with AF. Funding: This study was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim.
AB - Background: The ‘Atrial fibrillation Better Care’ (ABC) pathway has been proposed to streamline a more holistic or integrated care approach to atrial fibrillation (AF) management. We aimed to analyse the impact of adherence to the ABC pathway on the risk of major adverse outcomes in a contemporary prospective global cohort of patients with AF. Methods: Patients enrolled Phase II and III of the GLORIA-AF Registry with complete data on ABC pathway adherence and follow-up were included in this post-hoc analysis between November 2011 and December 2014 for Phase II, and between January 2014 and December 2016 for Phase III. The primary outcome was the composite of all-cause death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Multivariable Cox-regression and delay of event (DoE) analyses were used to evaluate the association between adherence to the ABC pathway and the risk of outcomes. Findings: We included 24,608 patients in this analysis (mean age: 70.2 (10.3) years, 10,938 (44.4%) females). Adherence to the ABC pathway was associated with a significant risk reduction for the primary outcome, with greatest magnitude observed for full ABC pathway adherence (adjusted Hazard Ratio [aHR] 0.54, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.44–0.67, p < 0.0001). ABC pathway adherence was also associated with reduced risk of mortality (aHR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.79–1.00, p = 0.048), thromboembolism (aHR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65–0.94, p = 0.0078), and MACE (aHR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.71–0.95, p = 0.0071). An increasing number of ABC criteria attained was associated with longer event-free survival in the DoE analysis. Interpretation: Adherence to the ABC pathway in patients with AF was associated with a reduced risk of major adverse events, including mortality, thromboembolism and MACE. This underlines the importance of using the ABC pathway in the clinical care of patients with AF. Funding: This study was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Integrated care
KW - Outcomes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142538407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101757
DO - 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101757
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36457650
SN - 2589-5370
VL - 55
JO - EClinicalMedicine
JF - EClinicalMedicine
M1 - 101757
ER -