Get With the Guidelines Atrial Fibrillation Registry (GWTG-AF)

American Heart Association (AHA)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Atrial Flutter; Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments: Other: GWTG Atrial Fibrillation program

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06245187

002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation is designed to assist hospital care teams in consistently providing the latest evidence-based treatment for their AFib patients. At the same time, it offers a means of monitoring the quality of AFib care in U.S. hospitals and building a database for continued research and further quality improvement.

Full description

Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation was initiated in 2013 with over 88 U.S. hospitals participating is designed to assist hospital care teams in consistently providing the latest evidence-based treatment for their AFib patients. At the same time, it offers a means of monitoring the quality of AFib care in U.S. hospitals and building a database for continued research and further quality improvement.

Achievement measures tracked through Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation:

1. ACEI/ARB at discharge for LVSD
2. Assessment of thromboembolic risk factors
3. Beta Blocker at discharge
4. Discharged on FDA-approved anticoagulation therapy
5. PT/INR planned follow-up
6. Statin at discharge in AF patients with CAD, CVA/TIA or PVD.

Quality measures tracked through Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation:

1. Aldosterone antagonist at discharge
2. Atrial fibrillation patient education
3. Anticoagulation therapy education
4. CHA2DS2-VASC reported
5. Discharge heart rate <110bpm
6. Smoking cessation
7. Warfarin at discharge for valvular atrial fibrillation

Additional measures collected by Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation can be viewed at: http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@private/@wcm/@hcm/@gwtg/documents/downloadable/ucm_451183.pdf

Enrollment: 17,198 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 125 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients hospitalized with nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not have nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
• Patients under 18 years of age
• Patients not admitted as inpatients.
• Patients on comfort care only
• Patients discharged to hospice.