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**Abstract** __Aims__: To assess the attitudes of Australian doctors towards the use of antithrombotic drug therapy for stroke prevention in patients with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), and investigate the barriers to prescribing warfarin. __Methods__: A postal survey was undertaken among approximately 10% of all registered general practitioners (GPs), cardiologists and physicians in Australia. The anonymous questionnaire used case scenarios to assess doctors’ knowledge of current guidelines for the therapeutic management of AF and sought opinions on potential barriers to the use of anticoagulation. __Results__: Completed questionnaires were received from 711 doctors (30% response rate). The GPs performed better than the cardiologists and other specialists in estimating the risk of stroke in case scenarios. However, the cardiologists were more likely to select the recommended treatment, with GPs being more hesitant to use anticoagulation and tending to underestimate its reported benefit for stroke prevention in non‐valvular AF. The GPs were also more likely to overestimate the reported risk of major bleeds with warfarin. In contrast, over one‐third of the cardiologists went
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- Author
- G. M. Peterson; K. Boom; S. L. Jackson; J. H. Vial
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1444-0903)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)