Current Clinical Practice in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Greece: the MANAGE-AF Study

Hellenic Cardiovascular Research Society

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01317602

HellenicCardiovascularRS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a multicenter, 1-year prospective, observational study of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in Greece, designed to provide real world data regarding the characteristics of AF patients in Greece, as well as current clinical practices and adherence to the 2010 ESC guidelines.

Enrollment: 603 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients aged ≥ 18 years with any type of AF(first diagnosed, paroxysmal, persistent, long-standing persistent and permanent) according to the classification described in the recent ESC guidelines.
2. All patients should give written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients anticipated life expectancy less than 1 year due to a severe concomitant disease.
2. Participation in an another clinical trial, with the exception of epidemiology trials (observational) that do not influence AF management.
3. Patients with mental disability unable to comply with follow - up visits and these who are unable to provide, in written, their informed consent or patients with anticipated inability to adhere to scheduled follow up visits.